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Women's Aid listens, believes, supports & empowers women subjected to domestic abuse.
1800 341900 www.womensaid.ie
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Women’s Aid is a national, feminist organisation working to prevent and address the impact of domestic violence and abuse including coercive control, in Ireland since 1974. We do this by:
- advocating, influencing, training, and campaigning for effective responses to reduce the scale and impacts of domestic abuse on women and children in Ireland and;
- providing high quality, specialised, integrat

ed, support services. Women’s Aid’s vision is an equal Ireland, with zero tolerance of domestic abuse and all other forms of violence against women. Support:
- Call the 24hr National Freephone Helpline 1800341900.
- Use the Instant Message Support Service at www.womensaid.ie, mornings and evenings, seven days a week.
- Support and information for young people at www.toointoyou.ie

IMPORTANT INFORMATION - HELP AND SUPPORT

Please note that our page has been created to raise awareness of Women's Aid, domestic violence in Ireland and the help that is available for women affected by domestic violence. For safety reasons WE CAN NOT OFFER SUPPORT ON FACEBOOK. We will respond to any messages or posts requesting help by referring you to our 24hr National Freephone Helpline 1800 341 900 or our website www.WomensAid.ie. Please note that the Women's Aid National Helpline is available to those based in the Republic of Ireland only. If you are a follower of our page from Northern Ireland, the UK or elsewhere, please visit our website for links to your country specific services - www.womensaid.org.uk. If you are a survivor and want to share your experiences in the comment section, please be aware that these are not private. For women who are currently in abusive relationship we strongly recommend that you do not post anything personal on our page and encourage you to call our Helpline for support. We want to make our page a safe and friendly environment for supporters of Women's Aid to follow our campaigns and share their fundraising and events ideas. To do this we will sometimes have to remove posts that are:
- offensive
- inflamatory
- insensitive
- advertising, private or commercial
- irrelevant
- compromising to someone's safety

20/08/2026

Women’s Aid’s research shows that for 50% of women subjected to abuse by age 25, the abuse started when they were younger than 18.

Professionals working with children, young people and families will work with victim-survivors, whether they know it or not.

To make sure your support is safe and effective, take part in Women’s Aid training.

No matter how familiar you are with domestic abuse, our training gives you time to focus on the issue and a chance to put your skills into practice in a safe, interactive online session.

The upcoming Open Session on September 9th is tailored to professionals working with young people and families.

Sign up via our learning platform here: https://courses.qedon.com/?tenant=womensaid

17/08/2026

Walk for Women this September 💜⭐

Show your support and solidarity with women all over Ireland. Your support will help ensure that generations of women and children in Ireland are free from the terror of domestic violence.

Wear your Women’s Aid t-shirt with pride and join thousands of others walking 100 miles this September to help make a difference 🙌

Sign up now: https://fundraising.womensaid.ie/register/100-miles-september-2026/default

14/08/2026

Have you used the Women's Aid 24hr National Freephone Helpline or Instant Message Support Service?

If you have, your feedback is important to us, and we would really appreciate you getting in touch.

All information on how to do this is here 👉 https://www.womensaid.ie/about-us/feedback/

11/08/2026

Stalking is when someone causes you serious alarm or distress that negatively impacts your day-to-day life and sense of safety and well-being.

It can also include where someone causes you to fear violence will be used against you, or someone close to you.

Stalkers can be unpredictable and dangerous and can use technology or a variety of ways to invade your life. Most stalkers use multiple tactics, and the behaviour tends to be fixated, obsessive, unwanted and repeated.

Stalking can be perpetrated by anyone, including intimate partners or ex-partners, someone who wishes to be an intimate partner, family members, acquaintances and strangers.

All stalking behaviours are serious. You do not need to experience several, or all of them, to indicate stalking.

You are not alone.

The Women’s Aid National Freephone Helpline supports all victims of stalking, including if the stalker is not a current or former partner.

Talk to us today. 💜

The Women's Aid 24 hr National Freephone Helpline is open today, and every day, on 1800 341 900, if you need support. Or go to womensaid.ie to use the Instant Message Service or for more information on stalking or domestic violence and abuse.

04/08/2026

💜👟September Walking Challenge! 💜👟

Join us and walk 100 miles this September and show your support for women all over Ireland.

Wear the free t-shirt. Let them see you take a stand. Walk 100 miles in September for zero tolerance of violence against women.

The challenge can be done anywhere, and you can take part on your own, or get your friends and family involved too 💜

Register now: https://fundraising.womensaid.ie/register/100-miles-september-2026/default

01/08/2026

The Women's Aid National Freephone Helpline remains open 24 hours over this bank holiday weekend. Long weekends can be particularly difficult for women and children subjected to domestic violence and abuse. We're here if you need us.

Please share our National Helpline contact details. You never know who might need them. 💜

31/07/2026

⭐ Last chance to join our team for the 2026 Dublin Marathon! ⭐

Join our team and show your support for women all over Ireland who have been subjected to domestic abuse. By taking part and fundraising for Women’s Aid, you can help us ensure that generations of women and children in Ireland are free from the terror of domestic violence.

You can apply for a charity place on our website here: https://www.womensaid.ie/get-involved/ways-to-fundraise/marathons-and-races/dublin-marathon-2026/ 💜

28/07/2026

Have you participated in an Irish s*xual offence trial as a victim-survivor? Your experience matters.

Researchers at the University of Limerick are seeking victim-survivors to take part in the Lived Realities: Victim-Survivors’ Experiences of Irish S*xual Offence Trials research project, funded by Research Ireland and CUAN.

The study aims to amplify the voices of victim-survivors and build an evidence base of lived experiences to help inform future law and policy reform in Ireland.

If you would like to share your experience through a confidential research interview, or learn more about what participation involves, visit: www.ul.ie/lived-realities

For further information, you can also contact the research team at: [email protected]

Please consider sharing this post with anyone who may be interested in participating.

20/07/2026

The news headlines over the past number of weeks have shown us the horrendous consequences of violence against women across the island of Ireland. It can be distressing to read, especially for those who are directly affected by domestic, s*xual and gender-based violence.

Amid the dark, there is hope.

Thankfully, we've also seen real, hard-won change move through the Oireachtas. Progress like this exists because families, campaigners, survivors and professionals supporting victims-survivors turned unimaginable loss into action and refused to let these issues go unheard.

Swipe through to see what's changed last week 👉
🔹 Jennie's Law: Passed by the Dáil, creating Ireland's first public register of domestic violence convictions, named for Jennifer Poole, killed by her ex-partner, Gavin Murphy, at the age of 24.
🔹 Valerie's Law: Ends automatic guardianship for a parent convicted of killing their child's other parent, named for Valerie French, killed by her husband James Kilroy in 2019.
🔹 New laws on extreme po*******hy: Cabinet approval secured to criminalise possession, production and distribution of extreme and violent material including material “graphically portraying scenes of degradation, s*xual violence, torture, murder, necrophilia or be******ty for the purposes of s*xual arousal”.
🔹 S*x for rent now criminalized: It's now an offence to offer or advertise accommodation in exchange for s*x.
🔹 New Oireachtas committee: A dedicated two-year committee on domestic, s*xual and gender-based violence begins work this autumn.

None of this undoes the harm already done. But it shows that when families and communities keep speaking up, the law does move.

Women’s Aid is dedicated to pushing for these changes to be properly resourced and enforced, because a law on paper when it meets action can save lives.

15/07/2026

Are you LGBTQ+ and living in Ireland? We want to hear from you.

CROSSROADS is a national research study exploring the rising hate and hostility facing LGBTQ+ communities in Ireland, and what needs to change in law, policy and public services.

We're especially keen to hear from LGBTQ+ people from minority ethnic communities — those experiences are too often missing from research like this.

It's anonymous, confidential, open to LGBTQ+ adults (18+) living in the Republic of Ireland, and takes about 15 minutes.

Take part here: https://crossroadsstudy.typeform.com/crossroads?typeform-source=www.google.com

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http://www.womensaid.ie/, http://www.toointoyou.ie/

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