About this event

The Department of Health, Department of Justice and the Executive Office are seeking views to inform the development of the next Domestic and Sexual Abuse Strategy and the Equally Safe Strategy – A Strategy to tackle Violence Against Women and Girls.

The new Domestic and Sexual Abuse Strategy will adopt an inclusive approach and apply to all victims of domestic and sexual abuse regardless of a person’s gender or gender identity. As part of the engagement exercise we want to draw on your knowledge, experience and views as we plan ahead to develop the new strategy, to raise awareness, support victims and address offending behaviour.

Some of the broader initiatives, including those designed to address societal attitudes, beliefs and behaviours that contribute towards violence against women and girls, will be included under the Equally Safe Strategy. This strategy will reach more widely to include unwanted behaviours and other acts and threats of gender-based violence that result in, or may result in physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, whether occurring in public or in private life, in the physical world or online.

Ahead of the public engagement event you may find it helpful to consider the questions in the Call for Views document which can be found at the Citizen Space NI website.

Once you have registered your details joining instructions will be issued by email ahead of the public event.