Let’s talk about domestic abuse.

Let’s talk about domestic abuse. 67% of women who have experienced domestic abuse did not report it to the police or take legal action After Violence: Attitudes and Reporting VAWG (2023) by Women’s Policy Group

Let’s talk about domestic abuse.
67% of women who have experienced domestic abuse did not report it to the police or take legal action
After Violence: Attitudes and Reporting VAWG (2023) by Women’s Policy Group #16DaysNI #16Days

The Role of Firearms in Violence Against Women and Girls in Northern Ireland Elaine Crory, Women’s Sector Lobbyist

By comparison with the other jurisdictions on these islands, Northern Ireland is a heavily armed society. As well as more than 100,000 legally held firearms and over 53,000 firearms license holders, there are still an unknown number of illegally held firearms that are part of the legacy of the conflict.

The Role of Firearms in Violence Against Women and Girls in Northern Ireland
'By comparison with the other jurisdictions on these islands, Northern Ireland is a heavily armed society.' #16DaysNI #16Days www.reclaimtheagenda.com/16-blogs-for...

Let’s talk about sexual harassment in the workplace.

Let’s talk about sexual harassment in the workplace. Almost seven in ten (68%) disabled women reported being sexually harassed at work, compared to 52% of women in general. Fawcett Society 2020 Tackling Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

Let’s talk about sexual harassment in the workplace.
Almost seven in ten (68%) disabled women reported being sexually harassed at work, compared to 52% of women in general.

Fawcett Society 2020 Tackling Sexual Harassment in the Workplace #16DaysNI #16Days

Let’s talk about sexual harassment in schools.

Let’s talk about sexual harassment in schools. 56.5 percent of student respondents reported experiencing unwanted attention (nonphysical) of a sexual nature (e.g. wolf-whistling, sexual comments, sexual gestures, or being shown pornography). SSUNI 2023 Report on Sexism and Sexual Harassment in Schools

Let’s talk about sexual harassment in schools.
56.5 percent of student respondents reported experiencing unwanted attention (nonphysical) of a sexual nature (e.g. wolf-whistling, sexual comments, sexual gestures, or being shown pornography).
#16DaysNI #16Days

Tks to @reclaimtheagenda.bsky.social for inviting me to contribute to 16 Blogs for #16days. I revisit the roots of this campaign, & the many voices who were part of starting this transnational movement. I end my post by naming those who were part of launching the campaign in 1991. #16Days #16DaysNI

Honoring the Transnational Activists and Activism Behind the First 16 Days Campaign. Jamie J. Hagen Lecturer in Global Politics, University of Manchester, Co-Convenor of the Queer Justice, Peace and Security Community of Practice

'Thousands of organizations in over 172 countries have participated in the 16 Days Campaign since the initial events over the past three decades. The accessible form of advocacy continues to allow people to collaborate globally, and across issue areas to highlight how gendered violence continues to be the most pressing issue in women’s lives.'

Honoring the Transnational Activists and Activism Behind the First 16 Days Campaign.
Jamie J. Hagen
'The accessible form of advocacy continues to allow people to collaborate globally, and across issue areas' #16DaysNI #16Days
www.reclaimtheagenda.com/16-blogs-for...

Let’s talk about relationship and sexuality education.

Let’s talk about relationship and sexuality education. RSE is important because it: respects the rights of children; promotes a better understanding of diversity and inclusion; helps children to keep themselves safer in the digital world; provides reliable, accurate and timely age-appropriate information; promotes the use of appropriate language; and helps children to recognise inappropriate behaviour and touch. Department for Education 2023 Info for Parents

RSE is important because it:

helps children to keep themselves safer in the digital world;
provides reliable, accurate and timely age-appropriate information;
promotes the use of appropriate language; and
helps children to recognise inappropriate behaviour and touch.

#16DaysNI #16Days

Let’s talk about sexual harassment in schools.

Let’s talk about sexual harassment in schools. 35.7 percent of respondents reported experiencing unwanted physical contact of a sexual nature (e.g. touching, kissing, or girls having their skirts lifted). #16DaysNI #16Days SSUNI 2023 Report on Sexism and Sexual Harassment in Schools

Let’s talk about sexual harassment in schools.
35.7 percent of respondents reported experiencing unwanted physical contact of a sexual nature (e.g. touching, kissing, or girls having their skirts lifted).
#16DaysNI #16Days

SSUNI 2023 Report on Sexism and Sexual Harassment in Schools

5 Books That Could Save Your Life: Changing the All-island Conversation on Coercive Control. Sarah Harte, Haven Horizons

'The project raised valuable public awareness that any person can be a victim of coercively controlling behaviour because coercive control cuts across all social strata. For some women who may appear successful to the outside world, they are only as safe as their male partners allow them to be, and coercive control, often hidden, is a daily reality for many women.'

5 Books That Could Save Your Life: Changing the All-island Conversation on Coercive Control.
Sarah Harte, Haven Horizons
'coercive control, often hidden, is a daily reality for many women.' www.reclaimtheagenda.com/16-blogs-for... #16DaysNI #16Days

Let’s talk about sexual violence in the workplace.

Let’s talk about sexual violence in the workplace. 2 percent of respondents reported being seriously sexually assaulted or raped at work, of which five respondents said that this occurred within the past 12 months. Irish Congress of Trade Unions 2020 Survey #16DaysNI #16Days

Let’s talk about sexual violence in the workplace.
2 percent of respondents reported being seriously sexually assaulted or raped at work, of which five respondents said that this occurred within the past 12 months.

Irish Congress of Trade Unions 2020 Survey #16DaysNI #16Days

Nowhere to run: Immobility of Migrant domestic violence survivors Dr Arpita Chakraborty

‘Whether it is moving to another city, another state, another country, or another continent, putting geographical distance between their bodies and their abusers had brought survivors of domestic abuse a sense of safety. What happens when technology makes the physical distance redundant? When moving away does not matter?’

Nowhere to run: Immobility of Migrant domestic violence survivors
Dr Arpita Chakraborty
‘What happens when technology makes the physical distance redundant? When moving away does not matter?’
#16Days #16DaysNI www.reclaimtheagenda.com/16-blogs-for...

Let’s talk about bystander
interventions.
78% of people said that when someone intervened, it was helpful.
Find out more about bystander interventions by booking one of our funded workshops
www.raiseyourvoice.community/host-a-works...
#16DaysNI #16Days

Late Night Art 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence Call in for an exhibition of placards and banners from actions against Gender Based Violence. Featuring Work by Wee Nuls, Array Collective, Jacky Sheridan, Una Lee and Deirdre McKenna alongside placards by activists. 4 December 2025 6pm - 9pm ‘The Glass Box’ Ground Floor Ulster University Belfast Birley Building

Late Night Art
16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence
Call in for an exhibition of placards and banners from actions against Gender Based Violence.
4 December 2025 6pm - 9pm ‘The Glass Box’
Ground Floor Ulster University Belfast Birley Building #16DaysNI #16Days

Left Behind Again: Disabled Women, the Re-established Executive, and Ongoing Rights Violations in Northern Ireland Nuala Toman Disability Action

'The Executive’s failure to act is not simply a policy oversight—it constitutes a breach of international human rights law. Disabled women in Northern Ireland remain invisible in planning, excluded from decision-making, and underserved by critical systems. The rights violations already highlighted by the UN have not been addressed—and, in some cases, have worsened.'

Left Behind Again: Disabled Women, the Re-established Executive, and Ongoing Rights Violations in Northern Ireland
Nuala Toman Disability Action
www.reclaimtheagenda.com/16-blogs-for... #IDDP #IDPD #16Days #16DaysNI

Let’s talk about Disabled Women and Domestic Abuse

Let’s talk about Disabled Women and Domestic Abuse Disabled women are twice as likely to experience domestic abuse than non-disabled women, and Disabled People are more likely to experience abuse from an adult family member compared to non-disabled people (14% vs 6%). Disabled women are also twice as likely to experience sexual assault and rape. Safe Lives - Disabled Survivors Too

Disabled women are twice as likely to experience domestic abuse than non-disabled women, and Disabled People are more likely to experience abuse from an adult family member compared to non-disabled people (14% vs 6%).
#IDPD #16DaysNI

Let’s talk about image-based sexual abuse.

Let’s talk about image-based sexual abuse. Statistics reveal that as many as one in 14 people in have faced threats related to the exposure of their intimate images in England and Wales. To date no equivalent research has been carried out in Northern Ireland. Refuge (2020) ‘The Naked Threat’

Let’s talk about image-based sexual abuse.
Statistics reveal that as many as one in 14 people in have faced threats related to the exposure of their intimate images in England and Wales.
To date no equivalent research has been carried out in Northern Ireland.
#16DaysNI #16Days

Reclaim the Night Belfast took place on 29 November as part of the 16 days of Activism to End Gender Based Violence. Check out pictures by Nuala Kerrigan here. #RTNBelfast #16DaysNI #16Days

www.reclaimtheagenda.com/gallery-recl...

As resources wear thin and rhetoric seeks to divide, LGBTQIA+ communities face a challenge of safety. Sophie Nelson, Senior Policy Development Officer at HERe NI.

‘for the LGBTQIA+ community, access to safe spaces are shrinking due to a lack of resources, and a hostile political and media culture, has left LGBTQIA+ people feeling less safe in public life.’

As resources wear thin and rhetoric seeks to divide, LGBTQIA+ communities face a challenge of safety.
Sophie Nelson, Senior Policy Development Officer at HERe NI.
www.reclaimtheagenda.com/16-blogs-for...
#16DaysNI #16Days

Let’s talk about sexual harassment in the workplace.

Let’s talk about sexual harassment in the workplace. The most common types of sexual harassment incident reported were: verbal e.g. unwelcome jokes of a sexual nature (1 in 2 incidents) verbal sexual advances (2 in 5) comments of a sexual nature about their body or clothes (1 in 3). Irish Congress of Trade Unions 2020 Survey

Let’s talk about sexual harassment in the workplace
The most common types of sexual harassment incident reported were:
verbal e.g. unwelcome jokes of a sexual nature (1 in 2 incidents)
verbal sexual advances (2 in 5)
comments of a sexual nature about their body or clothes (1 in 3)
#16DaysNI #16Days

Larne House Immigration Detention Centre: A State System of Carceral Gender-Based Violence. End Deportations Belfast

‘Immigration detention can only be understood as an oppressive state instrument, designed to instill fear. There is no form of immigration detention that doesn’t cause harm. Women for Refugee Women found that the vast majority of women who are detained in immigration detention had been survivors of rape and other forms of gender-based violence.’

Larne House Immigration Detention Centre: A State System of Carceral Gender-Based Violence.
End Deportations Belfast
‘There is no form of immigration detention that doesn’t cause harm.’
www.reclaimtheagenda.com/16-blogs-for...
#16DaysNI #16Days

Let’s talk about victim-blaming.

Let’s talk about victim-blaming. Victim blaming may discourage a survivor from speaking up again or seeking any form of justice or support, through fear that they will not be believed. Let’s talk about victim-blaming. UK Council for Internet Safety: Challenging victim blaming language and behaviours.

Let’s talk about victim-blaming.
Victim blaming may discourage a survivor from speaking up again or seeking any form of justice or support, through fear that they will not be believed.
#16DaysNI #16Days

Pictures of speakers Colette, Rita, Emily and Becca along with Red Umbrella and Trans Pride logogs

facebook.com/RTNBelfast Instagram @reclaimthenightbelfast #RTNBelfast #16DaysNI Reclaim the Night Belfast is part of the global 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence. All genders are welcome to attend, however we ask that the front of the rally is led by women and LGBT+ people. Reclaim the Night Belfast is a trans affirming and trans inclusive space. Reclaim the Night Belfast is also sex worker inclusive, and supports full decriminalisation. No Party Political materials. Gather from 5pm for speeches at 5:30pm.

facebook.com/RTNBelfast Instagram @reclaimthenightbelfast #RTNBelfast #16DaysNI Route Information We will set off from Writers Square, march up Royal Avenue towards City Hall, onto Chichester Street towards the Courts, then along Victoria Street past the PSNI station finishing at the Albert Clock. The route is just over a mile long. If you do not feel up to marching the whole route, you are welcome to join us for the speakers in Writers Square or to leave the march at anytime. Please exit the march onto the footpath for your safety. Gather from 5pm for speeches at 5:30pm.

facebook.com/RTNBelfast Instagram @reclaimthenightbelfast #RTNBelfast #16DaysNI We will be walking along the road, this is mostly flat however it is uneven in places. It should be suitable for those using wheelchairs and prams. There are dropped kerbs around the start and end points of the march. There will be drumming and chanting along the route which may be loud. The samba band will be near the front of the march, and will probably be the loudest section.

Reclaim the Night Belfast is tonight!
Check out our speakers, route, accessibility info and a bit of background below! See you at Writers Square from 5pm. Wrap up warm and bring your chanting voice.
www.reclaimtheagenda.com/reclaim-the-...
#RTNBelfast #16DaysNI #16Days

RECLAIM THE NIGHT BELFAST SATURDAY 29 NOVEMBER 2025 WRITERS SQUARE Gather from 5pm for speeches at 5:30pm. Placard Bring a (no party political materials) Dress warm and cozy.

It's looking chilly but dry for Reclaim Night tonight!
So wrap up warm, grab your placard and meet us in Writers Square from 5pm. We'll hear from our speakers then march off to reclaim public space! #RTNBelfast #16DaysNI #16Days

Myths, Memes, and Misogyny, oh my! Kerri Todd – Wise Up Project Co-ordinator, Belfast and Lisburn Women’s Aid

'we know physical violence starts with attitudes and beliefs, be it influenced by home, school, peers, or online, of gender stereotypes, sexism and misogyny, transphobia and homophobia, racism and ablelism, the more we allow or laugh off or ignore in our day to day, the more space we give for escalation into degradation, into removal of autonomy, and then physical violence’

Myths, Memes, and Misogyny, oh my!
Kerri Todd – Wise Up Project Co-ordinator, Belfast and Lisburn Women’s Aid
'we know physical violence starts with attitudes and beliefs, be it influenced by home, school, peers, or online'
www.reclaimtheagenda.com/16-blogs-for... #16DaysNI #16Days

Let’s talk about stalking.

Let’s talk about stalking. Stalking and harassment are now offences under the Protection from Stalking Act NI 2022. The FOUR warning signs of stalking are behaviours that are: Fixated Obsessive Unwanted Repeated

Let’s talk about stalking.
Stalking and harassment are now offences under the Protection from Stalking Act NI 2022.
The FOUR warning signs of stalking are behaviours that are:
Fixated
Obsessive
Unwanted
Repeated
#16DaysNI #16Days

The role of Gender Budgeting in tackling Violence Against Women and Girls Aoife Mallon, Research and Engagement Associate, UU

‘Government budgets can be a powerful driver for tackling issues such as VAWG if they are used effectively. Gender budgeting tools, such as gender impact assessments, help governments think differently about how they are spending money, who is benefitting most from the investment, and which groups are being left behind.’

The role of Gender Budgeting in tackling Violence Against Women and Girls
Aoife Mallon, Research and Engagement Associate, UU

‘Government budgets can be a powerful driver for tackling issues such as VAWG if they are used effectively.’ #16DaysNI #16Days

www.reclaimtheagenda.com/16-blogs-for...

Route Information We will set off from Writers Square, march up Royal Avenue towards City Hall, onto Chichester Street towards the Courts, then along Victoria Street past the PSNI station finishing at the Albert Clock. The route is just over a mile long. If you do not feel up to marching the whole route, you are welcome to join us for the speakers in Writers Square or to leave the march at anytime. Please exit the march onto the footpath for your safety. Gather from 5pm for speeches at 5:30pm.

Reclaim the Night Belfast Route Information
We will set off from Writers Square, march up Royal Avenue towards City Hall, onto Chichester Street towards the Courts, then along Victoria Street past the PSNI station finishing at the Albert Clock.
#RTNBelfast #16DaysNI

pictures of Collette, Rita, Emma and Becca alongside logos for Red Umbrella, Trans Pride NI and Chidambaram.

Speaker Line Up! Hear some rallying calls before we set off to Reclaim public space for all accompanied by Chidambaram samba band! Gather in Writers Square from 5pm for speakers at 5:30pm Saturday 29th November 2025. #RTNBelfast #16DaysNI

Let’s talk about sexual harassment in schools.

Let’s talk about sexual harassment in schools. Only 26.4% of secondary school student respondents to the SSUNI survey said that they would feel confident reporting a sexist incident or sexual harassment. SSUNI 2023 Report on Sexism and Sexual Harassment in Schools

Let’s talk about sexual harassment in schools.
Only 26.4% of secondary school student respondents to the SSUNI survey said that they would feel confident reporting a sexist incident or sexual harassment. #16Days #16DaysNI

Recorded rape offences in NI more than doubled in a decade. #16DaysNI