Largest growth in profits from #ModernSlavery / #HumanTrafficking is from #CommercialSexualExploitation
w/ profits of US$171 Billion.
This 'obscene level of annual profit' resulted from inflation, more victims & greater profit per victim.
gcffc.org/gcffc-estimate…

Sex for Rent is exploitation and harassment, pioneering research from Womenscouncilireland made possible by Community Foundation Ireland being launched Thurs...register now eventbrite.ie/e/webinar-rese… ..Spread the word! SERP UCD Dublin Rape Crisis Centre Threshold Helen McEntee TD Ivana Bacik Mary Lou McDonald European Women's Lobby

This week's column: Everyone who views so-called child porn should be sent to jail. Locking these men up might even be one of the few things the Government could right now that would bring widespread public approval. independent.ie/opinion/commen…

Delighted to be honoured at the Women of Vision Awards 2024.

Wow! Misogynistic abusive trope used by An Garda Síochána here.
All the while male violence against women and girls is a national disgrace.
What about policing without fear or favour?
Get a grip - NOT GOOD ENOUGH
#VAWG

It’s Saturday night and people across Israel are calling for Netanyahu to go. Enough. Enough.

An incredible report from the archive on the origin of Women’s Aid.

This year, we mark 50 years of existence and supporting women and children at the most vulnerable time.

RTÉ Archives | Society | Women's Aid rte.ie/archives/2024/…

This is such an important collaboration for #ireland and has the potential to help those affected by prostitution and human trafficking. The GAA and Ruhama recognise that women are affected by this violence every day in every county in Ireland.

This partnership has such potential to raise awareness of human trafficking and sexual exploitation 👏🏽👏🏼

Ruhama is delighted to be announced as The GAA charity partner for 2024! Jarlath Burns, GAA president announced Ruhama among its 4 charity partners for the year today in Croke Park. We’re excited to work with the #GAA to promote Ruhama’s work on fighting sexual exploitation

The images of Palestinian civilian casualties & dead children coming out of Rafah are truly horrendous & beyond shocking. Some of the children are cut up in pieces, maimed, squeezed by debris, their dead bodies looking featureless & crushed by concrete - absolutely gut-wrenching…

LATEST:
• Hamas accepts Cease-fire
• Israel's Mossad 'studying'
• 3-phase proposal
• CIA Dir. in region
• Egypt, Qatar diplomacy on
• Turkey welcomes
• Rafah potential invasion still on table al-monitor.com/originals/2024…

Thanks to Marty Morrissey for the chat about my one woman musical “Remember That Time? A Musical” in the International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival May 13-18. Gearoid Farrelly makes an on-screen cameo (in song!) in the play. (I’m a terrible camera woman!) 😎Dublin Gay Theatre Festival

🇵🇸 New mural at Dalymount Park. 👏

You can see it in the flesh when Bohemians host the Palestine Women’s national team on Wednesday May 15.

A limited number of tickets are available from tickets.bohemians.ie

This is a really strong piece about the disgraceful treatment of psychotherapist Jacky Grainger

Fascinating, wide-ranging interview with David Comissiong, Barbados’s Ambassador to CARICOM, by Lucy Maguire of The Repair Campaign
in which he discusses Richard Drax, the reparatory justice movement, and the importance of international allies.
jamaica.loopnews.com/content/richar…

Designed for professionals who work with vulnerable women, #KnowSexTrafficking is a 2-part #training course on human #trafficking and #trauma -informed response. It will run on 23 & 30 of May, 9:30am-1pm at Ruhama's #Dublin office. Contact [email protected] to book your place!

Tickets for my musical “Remember That Time? A Musical” are here. Would love to see you!
gaytheatre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/sh… Dublin Gay Theatre Festival