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A migrant rights campaigner, housing activist, law professor and others suggest amendments to make women’s lives better

As a new year dawns, UCC President John O’Halloran reflects on the University’s role within the city

The Oireachtas education committee will today hear from researchers on how consent programmes can “become the norm” in schools.

Earlier today, the Oireachtas education committee heard from The Active Consent Programme and the UCC Bystander Intervention Programme: two independent programmes that are teaching school and university students about healthy relationships and consent. Here is what we learned from them:

Cork GAA clubs are to become the first in Ireland to take training on how to stand up and challen...

UCC professor Louise Crowley is on a mission to help tackle problematic behaviour, in colleges, schools, workplaces, dressing rooms and wider ...

Laois students at SETU in Carlow and Waterford will be able to take part in a new programme that give them ways to prevent sexual and violence and harassment. S...

SOUTH East Technological University has announced a new programme in its commitment to creating a culture of zero tolerance to any form of sexual harassment or…

What the metropolitan police have said about the reforms they will be looking at is absolutely right. we also need to look at what more government can do to build confidence. this is obviously an appalling, shocking case, and we must make sure that at least something that comes out of this is that we can give more confidence to more women about their own safety. joining me now is dr gillian harrop, senior lecturer in forensic psychology at the university of worcester — and heads up the bystand...

Probably see it back there, "getting on with the job," that can be tricky when you have all those other pressures. the home secretary has said police must "raise the bar" by taking the harassment of women more seriously. priti patel said crimes such as indecent exposure and verbal abuse should not be taken lightly. she said women should feel confident to call out such offences. ministers have promised reform to the criminaljustice system, after the murder of sarah everard by a serving police off...