Raise Your Voice
@raiseyourvoiceni.bsky.social
Working collectively to tackle sexual harassment and sexual violence across Northern Ireland.
We had a great time last week talking part in Project Pink 2.0 with the Walkie Talkie Girlies and chatting after in 2 Royal Avenue. Should be plenty of Our Raise Your Voice posters brightening up student digs now! Check our the rest of Danny's pics here
www.dannyhazley.com/wtg
www.dannyhazley.com/wtg
November 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
We had a great time last week talking part in Project Pink 2.0 with the Walkie Talkie Girlies and chatting after in 2 Royal Avenue. Should be plenty of Our Raise Your Voice posters brightening up student digs now! Check our the rest of Danny's pics here
www.dannyhazley.com/wtg
www.dannyhazley.com/wtg
'The new UN Women report At Risk and Underfunded, based on a global survey of 428 women’s rights & civil society organizations, finds that on the back of cuts by governments, more women are at risk of suffering violence with services diminishing and advocacy silenced'
www.unwomen.org/en/news-stor...
www.unwomen.org/en/news-stor...
November 12, 2025 at 9:01 AM
'The new UN Women report At Risk and Underfunded, based on a global survey of 428 women’s rights & civil society organizations, finds that on the back of cuts by governments, more women are at risk of suffering violence with services diminishing and advocacy silenced'
www.unwomen.org/en/news-stor...
www.unwomen.org/en/news-stor...
Bystander Interventions
Direct - Speak directly against the behaviour
Distract - Interrupt through a distraction
Delegate - Get help from someone else
Delay - Check in with the person afterwards
Document - Record what has happened, noting date, location and time
Direct - Speak directly against the behaviour
Distract - Interrupt through a distraction
Delegate - Get help from someone else
Delay - Check in with the person afterwards
Document - Record what has happened, noting date, location and time
November 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Bystander Interventions
Direct - Speak directly against the behaviour
Distract - Interrupt through a distraction
Delegate - Get help from someone else
Delay - Check in with the person afterwards
Document - Record what has happened, noting date, location and time
Direct - Speak directly against the behaviour
Distract - Interrupt through a distraction
Delegate - Get help from someone else
Delay - Check in with the person afterwards
Document - Record what has happened, noting date, location and time
This research report by WRDA placement student Morgana Jones explores how disabled women and girls in Northern Ireland experience and report gender-based violence compared to their non-disabled peers.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
This research report by WRDA placement student Morgana Jones explores how disabled women and girls in Northern Ireland experience and report gender-based violence compared to their non-disabled peers.
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November ezine!
Read more about what Raise Your Voice has been getting up to!
This issue features articles on Economic Abuse, Gender Budgeting and Safe Leave as well as information on recent workshops and upcoming events.
issuu.com/raiseurvoice/docs/raise_your_voice_november_2025_
Read more about what Raise Your Voice has been getting up to!
This issue features articles on Economic Abuse, Gender Budgeting and Safe Leave as well as information on recent workshops and upcoming events.
issuu.com/raiseurvoice/docs/raise_your_voice_november_2025_
November 10, 2025 at 9:01 AM
November ezine!
Read more about what Raise Your Voice has been getting up to!
This issue features articles on Economic Abuse, Gender Budgeting and Safe Leave as well as information on recent workshops and upcoming events.
issuu.com/raiseurvoice/docs/raise_your_voice_november_2025_
Read more about what Raise Your Voice has been getting up to!
This issue features articles on Economic Abuse, Gender Budgeting and Safe Leave as well as information on recent workshops and upcoming events.
issuu.com/raiseurvoice/docs/raise_your_voice_november_2025_
#SundaySlogan One step at a time, you'll get there. Progress , no matter how small, is still progress!
November 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM
#SundaySlogan One step at a time, you'll get there. Progress , no matter how small, is still progress!
'Fair Game', ran by the Irish Football Association (IFA) in collaboration with Women's Aid and the PSNI, uses the platform of sport to promote respect, equality and healthier relationships amongst young people, to tackle violence against women and girls (VAWG).
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
'Fair Game', ran by the Irish Football Association (IFA) in collaboration with Women's Aid and the PSNI, uses the platform of sport to promote respect, equality and healthier relationships amongst young people, to tackle violence against women and girls (VAWG).
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Raise Your Voice are offering our workshops to community groups, workplaces, sports teams and more, fully funded, all over Northern Ireland.
Find out more and book your workshop
by emailing contact@raiseyourvoice.community
or visit www.raiseyourvoice.community/host-a-works...
Find out more and book your workshop
by emailing contact@raiseyourvoice.community
or visit www.raiseyourvoice.community/host-a-works...
November 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Raise Your Voice are offering our workshops to community groups, workplaces, sports teams and more, fully funded, all over Northern Ireland.
Find out more and book your workshop
by emailing contact@raiseyourvoice.community
or visit www.raiseyourvoice.community/host-a-works...
Find out more and book your workshop
by emailing contact@raiseyourvoice.community
or visit www.raiseyourvoice.community/host-a-works...
Get Stalking advice and help
The National Stalking Helpline has been supporting and advising victims of stalking since 2010. If you are being stalked, you can contact them by:
Telephone: 0808 802 0300
Online www.suzylamplugh.org/refer-someon...
The National Stalking Helpline has been supporting and advising victims of stalking since 2010. If you are being stalked, you can contact them by:
Telephone: 0808 802 0300
Online www.suzylamplugh.org/refer-someon...
November 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Get Stalking advice and help
The National Stalking Helpline has been supporting and advising victims of stalking since 2010. If you are being stalked, you can contact them by:
Telephone: 0808 802 0300
Online www.suzylamplugh.org/refer-someon...
The National Stalking Helpline has been supporting and advising victims of stalking since 2010. If you are being stalked, you can contact them by:
Telephone: 0808 802 0300
Online www.suzylamplugh.org/refer-someon...
Take 15 minutes to click through this overview of how the manosphere is influencing young men, the impact it has, and what can be done to address it.
'Money, muscles and anxiety: why the manosphere clicked with young men – a visual deep dive'
www.theguardian.com/technology/n...
'Money, muscles and anxiety: why the manosphere clicked with young men – a visual deep dive'
www.theguardian.com/technology/n...
November 6, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Take 15 minutes to click through this overview of how the manosphere is influencing young men, the impact it has, and what can be done to address it.
'Money, muscles and anxiety: why the manosphere clicked with young men – a visual deep dive'
www.theguardian.com/technology/n...
'Money, muscles and anxiety: why the manosphere clicked with young men – a visual deep dive'
www.theguardian.com/technology/n...
Hegseth’s Call to ‘Toughness’ Sparks Concerns About Military Sexual Violence
'Advocates warn that rhetoric glorifying aggression can have real consequences for survivors of sexual violence.'
msmagazine.com/2025/10/13/h...
'Advocates warn that rhetoric glorifying aggression can have real consequences for survivors of sexual violence.'
msmagazine.com/2025/10/13/h...
November 5, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Hegseth’s Call to ‘Toughness’ Sparks Concerns About Military Sexual Violence
'Advocates warn that rhetoric glorifying aggression can have real consequences for survivors of sexual violence.'
msmagazine.com/2025/10/13/h...
'Advocates warn that rhetoric glorifying aggression can have real consequences for survivors of sexual violence.'
msmagazine.com/2025/10/13/h...
What is IBSA?
Image-Based Sexual Abuse
The action of creating, threatening to share, sharing, or using of recordings (still images or videos) of sexually explicit or sexualized material without the consent of the person depicted and/or for purposes of exploitation.
Image-Based Sexual Abuse
The action of creating, threatening to share, sharing, or using of recordings (still images or videos) of sexually explicit or sexualized material without the consent of the person depicted and/or for purposes of exploitation.
November 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM
What is IBSA?
Image-Based Sexual Abuse
The action of creating, threatening to share, sharing, or using of recordings (still images or videos) of sexually explicit or sexualized material without the consent of the person depicted and/or for purposes of exploitation.
Image-Based Sexual Abuse
The action of creating, threatening to share, sharing, or using of recordings (still images or videos) of sexually explicit or sexualized material without the consent of the person depicted and/or for purposes of exploitation.
England - 300 people tell BBC of police misogyny and racism
'One of the main themes among the hundreds of people getting in touch was misogyny when they reported domestic abuse and sexual violence'
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'One of the main themes among the hundreds of people getting in touch was misogyny when they reported domestic abuse and sexual violence'
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 4, 2025 at 9:01 AM
England - 300 people tell BBC of police misogyny and racism
'One of the main themes among the hundreds of people getting in touch was misogyny when they reported domestic abuse and sexual violence'
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'One of the main themes among the hundreds of people getting in touch was misogyny when they reported domestic abuse and sexual violence'
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The Walkie Talkie Girlies at QUB have organised a walk in support of the ‘Ending Violence Against Women and Girls’ campaign. Stop by our Stall in 2 Royal Avenue after the walk form QUB in City Hall, leaving QUBSU 5:30pm 5th November. Wear pink!
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November 3, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The Walkie Talkie Girlies at QUB have organised a walk in support of the ‘Ending Violence Against Women and Girls’ campaign. Stop by our Stall in 2 Royal Avenue after the walk form QUB in City Hall, leaving QUBSU 5:30pm 5th November. Wear pink!
🔗 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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#SundaySlogan Take care of yourself, you are worth the effort.
November 2, 2025 at 9:01 AM
#SundaySlogan Take care of yourself, you are worth the effort.
November ezine!
Read more about what Raise Your Voice has been getting up to!
This issue features articles on Economic Abuse, Gender Budgeting and Safe Leave as well as information on recent workshops and upcoming events.
issuu.com/raiseurvoice/docs/raise_your_voice_november_2025_
Read more about what Raise Your Voice has been getting up to!
This issue features articles on Economic Abuse, Gender Budgeting and Safe Leave as well as information on recent workshops and upcoming events.
issuu.com/raiseurvoice/docs/raise_your_voice_november_2025_
November 1, 2025 at 9:01 AM
November ezine!
Read more about what Raise Your Voice has been getting up to!
This issue features articles on Economic Abuse, Gender Budgeting and Safe Leave as well as information on recent workshops and upcoming events.
issuu.com/raiseurvoice/docs/raise_your_voice_november_2025_
Read more about what Raise Your Voice has been getting up to!
This issue features articles on Economic Abuse, Gender Budgeting and Safe Leave as well as information on recent workshops and upcoming events.
issuu.com/raiseurvoice/docs/raise_your_voice_november_2025_
Costumes are not consent!
'Halloween is not an excuse to touch someone without consent
Halloween is not an excuse to make sexual comments at people without consent
Halloween is not an excuse to make jokes or comments about sexual violence
www.nwasexualassault.org/my-costume-i...
'Halloween is not an excuse to touch someone without consent
Halloween is not an excuse to make sexual comments at people without consent
Halloween is not an excuse to make jokes or comments about sexual violence
www.nwasexualassault.org/my-costume-i...
October 31, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Costumes are not consent!
'Halloween is not an excuse to touch someone without consent
Halloween is not an excuse to make sexual comments at people without consent
Halloween is not an excuse to make jokes or comments about sexual violence
www.nwasexualassault.org/my-costume-i...
'Halloween is not an excuse to touch someone without consent
Halloween is not an excuse to make sexual comments at people without consent
Halloween is not an excuse to make jokes or comments about sexual violence
www.nwasexualassault.org/my-costume-i...
If you are affected by hate crime you can reach out to the Hate Crime Advocacy Service for help.
hcasni.com
Email hatecrime@hcasni.org.uk
hcasni.com
Email hatecrime@hcasni.org.uk
October 30, 2025 at 2:05 PM
If you are affected by hate crime you can reach out to the Hate Crime Advocacy Service for help.
hcasni.com
Email hatecrime@hcasni.org.uk
hcasni.com
Email hatecrime@hcasni.org.uk
PSNI officers issued with advice after ‘degrading and inappropriate comments’ about woman reporting domestic abuse
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/norther...
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/norther...
October 30, 2025 at 9:00 AM
PSNI officers issued with advice after ‘degrading and inappropriate comments’ about woman reporting domestic abuse
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/norther...
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/norther...
Passionate about tackling sexual harassment & sexual violence?
Then apply and help support the delivery of our workshops!
Train the trainer
Fridays 11am - 3pm
7 November - 5 December 2025
WRDA Belfast
Deadline: Thurs 30th Oct
wkf.ms/4789h0n
Then apply and help support the delivery of our workshops!
Train the trainer
Fridays 11am - 3pm
7 November - 5 December 2025
WRDA Belfast
Deadline: Thurs 30th Oct
wkf.ms/4789h0n
October 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Passionate about tackling sexual harassment & sexual violence?
Then apply and help support the delivery of our workshops!
Train the trainer
Fridays 11am - 3pm
7 November - 5 December 2025
WRDA Belfast
Deadline: Thurs 30th Oct
wkf.ms/4789h0n
Then apply and help support the delivery of our workshops!
Train the trainer
Fridays 11am - 3pm
7 November - 5 December 2025
WRDA Belfast
Deadline: Thurs 30th Oct
wkf.ms/4789h0n
'It is deeply disappointing that she must be subjected to further pain and legal proceedings, but this latest verdict has at least inspired some hope. Hope that the conversation around sexual assault, consent and misogyny is getting through to some.'
www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/reports/a...
www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/reports/a...
October 29, 2025 at 9:03 AM
'It is deeply disappointing that she must be subjected to further pain and legal proceedings, but this latest verdict has at least inspired some hope. Hope that the conversation around sexual assault, consent and misogyny is getting through to some.'
www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/reports/a...
www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/reports/a...
Consent is FRIES:
Freely given
Reversible
Informed
Enthusiastic
Specific
Content Credit: Planned Parenthood
Freely given
Reversible
Informed
Enthusiastic
Specific
Content Credit: Planned Parenthood
October 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Consent is FRIES:
Freely given
Reversible
Informed
Enthusiastic
Specific
Content Credit: Planned Parenthood
Freely given
Reversible
Informed
Enthusiastic
Specific
Content Credit: Planned Parenthood
Executive launches rural review to tackle violence against women
'Politicians have united on the issue of tackling violence against women and girls in rural communities, in a bid to ensure that geography must never be a barrier to protection or justice.'
www.impartialreporter.com/news/2556117...
'Politicians have united on the issue of tackling violence against women and girls in rural communities, in a bid to ensure that geography must never be a barrier to protection or justice.'
www.impartialreporter.com/news/2556117...
October 28, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Executive launches rural review to tackle violence against women
'Politicians have united on the issue of tackling violence against women and girls in rural communities, in a bid to ensure that geography must never be a barrier to protection or justice.'
www.impartialreporter.com/news/2556117...
'Politicians have united on the issue of tackling violence against women and girls in rural communities, in a bid to ensure that geography must never be a barrier to protection or justice.'
www.impartialreporter.com/news/2556117...
Safer Streets, Shared Voices report
'This report brings forward the perspectives of people from across Belfast, from a wide range of backgrounds, and provides recommendations for preventing Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) in outdoor public spaces.'
groundswelluk.org/Newsandevent...
'This report brings forward the perspectives of people from across Belfast, from a wide range of backgrounds, and provides recommendations for preventing Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) in outdoor public spaces.'
groundswelluk.org/Newsandevent...
October 27, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Safer Streets, Shared Voices report
'This report brings forward the perspectives of people from across Belfast, from a wide range of backgrounds, and provides recommendations for preventing Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) in outdoor public spaces.'
groundswelluk.org/Newsandevent...
'This report brings forward the perspectives of people from across Belfast, from a wide range of backgrounds, and provides recommendations for preventing Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) in outdoor public spaces.'
groundswelluk.org/Newsandevent...
#SundaySlogan My body is not a public space!
October 26, 2025 at 9:01 AM
#SundaySlogan My body is not a public space!