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Violence Against Women

Issued : Monday 4 December, 2006

Pictured at the launch are Sinead NiChulachain (Labour Women chair), Deputy Brendan Howlin and Eleanor McClorey (Chair of Violence Against Women Steering Committee)

The Labour Party is committed to the vision of the founder of the Party James
Connolly ‘to close the gap between what is and what ought to be’. The Labour Party in Ireland works to give expression to the core Labour values of equality, freedom and democracy that are at the heart of the Labour vision of society – a society characterised by community and solidarity.

Labour Women was established to support equality of participation, representation and influence for women within the Labour Party and across society as a whole. Labour Women in its current Strategic Plan has identified violence against women as one of the critical issues confronting Irish society. Labour policy on violence against women is rooted in the socialist, feminist and human rights frameworks that inform the principles and analysis of the Labour Party and of Labour Women.

This policy document is an expression of the political leadership and commitment
that the Labour Party will give to the insidious and increasing prevalence of violence against women in Ireland.
The policy has been developed by Labour Women in consultation with the Parliamentary Labour Party and with key Violence Against Women Non-governmental Organisations committed to tackling and eradicating violence against women through service delivery, policy development and research, lobbying, fund-raising, awareness-raising and social activism.