Senator Alice-Mary Higgins Highlights Importance of Gender-Proofing in Budget 2018
with invited guest speakers:
Christina McKelvie (SNP), Emma Ritch (Engender Scotland) and Eilís Ní Chathnía (NWCI)
This week in the Seanad I spoke about image based sexual abuse. I will strongly support speedy progress on legislation but also want to see it strengthened. It is vital that IBSA is identified not only as abuse & lack of consent, but that it’s identified as sexual abuse & a sexual offence.
with invited guest speakers:
Christina McKelvie (SNP), Emma Ritch (Engender Scotland) and Eilís Ní Chathnía (NWCI)
On World Refugee Day on Tuesday I had the pleasure of launching the “The Plurality of Existence in the Infinite Expanse of Space and Time”; a collaborative anthology of poetry from the artist, Clodagh Emoe and Crocosmia; a group of writers seeking asylum, many living within the system of direct provision in Ireland.