The Shared Island Dialogue on Tackling Gender Based Violence and Abuse, will take place on Friday 4 November from 11:00am - 2:00pm at Eureka House, Kells, Co. Meath
This event is part of the Government’s Shared Island initiative that was launched by the Taoiseach, Micheál Martin TD, to work with all communities and traditions on the island to build consensus around a shared future underpinned by the Good Friday Agreement.
Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee TD and and Minister of Justice/Alliance Party Leader Naomi Long MLA will participate at this Dialogue event.
The programme for this event includes:
Two interactive panel discussions moderated by broadcaster Ms Katie Hannon:
The first is on 'Prevention and changing societal attitudes' which will explore North/South and East/West perspectives on how we work to eradicate social and cultural factors that contribute to gender-based violence; opportunities and challenges of addressing the issue on a more collaborative all-island basis. Asking - what should a shared island mean on combatting gender-violence and abuse?
The second panel is on 'Supporting the victim' will explore a victim/survivor-centered approach to tackling gender-based violence; supports and protecting rights of the victim/survivor in the justice system; opportunities to collaborate on an-island basis. Asking - how can victims and survivors of gender-based violence and abuse be better supported on the island of Ireland?
And we are pleased to confirm a guest contribution by award-winning writer Louise O’Neill.
You can join the Dialogue using this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88057523079
Plenary sessions of the Shared Island Dialogues are being made available online at www.gov.ie/sharedisland/dialogues to contribute to broader civic discussion. A report on the first year of the Shared Island Dialogue series is available online here.
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