Ireland takes lead in battling
domestic violence
 Ireland is becoming
a world leader in tackling violence against women and children, according
to former president Mary Robinson.
Mrs Robinson — the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
from 1997 to 2002 — was in Dublin to review work carried out by
an Irish consortium on gender-based violence.
The commission was launched 12 months ago to tackle abuse against women.
Mrs Robinson praised the Irish consortium — made up of 13 human
rights and development agencies, Irish Aid and Defence Forces.
She also pointed out the huge progress it had made in its international
mission over the past year.
She said: “The work of the consortium has reached the stage of representing
seriously good practice.
“It is important we bring this to areas of worst practice like Darfur.
“But these problems are not just in places where there is conflict.
It is a problem in all our worlds and it is important to bring the lessons
we learn home.”
Mrs Robinson — who is now director of the New York-based Ethical
Globalisation Initiative — said Ireland had placed the issue of
gender-based violence firmly on the human rights agenda.
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