Awareness Raising
Cosc’s Public Awareness Campaign "YOUR SILENCE FEEDS THE VIOLENCE" commenced in January 2009 with a major campaign across radio, billboards and online. The campaign has been continued by the distribution of A4 posters (see below) to public offices, NGO's and support services.
The campaign aims to: (i) raise awareness in the community around the victim that they (i.e. the member of the community) play an important role in the continuation or cessation of these crimes, (ii) inform the community on how to take safe and appropriate action and (iii) increase awareness of the availability of services. The posters include a blank area to allow for the inclusion of local service details.
A further significant benefit of the methodology behind the campaign is that a common message is delivered across the nation while providing information on local services.
If any organisation would like to order hard copies of the A4 posters please email Caroline Fitzpatrick at cxfitzpatrick@justice.ie giving reference details of the poster(s) and the number required.
Cosc has copies of three of the posters available for distribution - the KITCHEN, BEDROOM and STAIRWAY scenes. To download copies of the posters please click on the links below:
Click here to download the awareness raising poster below
Click here to download the awareness raising poster below
Click here to download the awareness raising poster below
Guiding Principles for Public Awareness Raising Activities Relating to Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
Guiding Principles for Public Awareness Raising activities relating to domestic, sexual and gender-based violence have been included in the Guidance Manual for Grant Applicants for the 2011 grant scheme. These Guiding Principles have been agreed by the National Steering Committee on Violence Against Women (NSC) based on work and recommendations from its Public Awareness Sub-Committee (PASC). The document forms part of the implementation of activities 1.2 and 3.3 of the National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence 2010-2014 which aims to develop guidance on practical steps to increase personal safety for those most at risk from domestic, sexual and gender-based violence. The guidance outlines guiding principles for conducting public awareness raising activities related to domestic, sexual and gender-based violence and is intended as a guide to organisations and professionals undertaking such activities.
Primarily the guidelines aim to encourage a shift from a focus of public awareness raising activities on the victim to an inclusion of a focus on the perpetrator and bystander whilst also ensuring that information on support services is available to victims/survivors.
It is suggested that organisations developing a new public awareness raising campaign relating to domestic, sexual and gender-based violence take the guiding principles into account.
Please Click Here to download the Guiding Principles for Public Awareness Raising Activities relating to domestic, sexual and gender-based violence.
