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  1. Debate contribution: Strategic Framework to End Violence against Women and Girls: Implementation

    • Mr Alex Easton Independent
    • Private Members' Business

    I support the motion and the amendment. We must realise that violence against women and girls is not only a violation of human rights but a multidimensional issue that goes across economic, social and political boundaries. We see misogyny manifested in physical, sexual, psychological and economic harm. The statistics…

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  2. Debate contribution: Strategic Framework to End Violence against Women and Girls: Implementation

    I wholeheartedly support the motion. The levels of violence against women and girls in the North are terrifying. Reading the motion is disturbing. As I speak, women and girls are suffering and living in fear and terror in their own homes. Women and girls are suffering years after the trauma of violence or abuse has…

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  3. Debate contribution: Strategic Framework to End Violence against Women and Girls: Implementation

    Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I am grateful to the proposers of the motion for bringing it to the Assembly. As others have said, it is a shameful reality that this is statistically the most dangerous place for women in Europe. However, it is not just the most serious of crimes that makes it such a dangerous place to…

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  4. Debate contribution: Strategic Framework to End Violence against Women and Girls: Implementation

    It is regrettable that we are here today talking about this matter, but it is greatly important. We know that our society has a deep-rooted problem with misogyny and violence against women and girls. Just some of the heartbreaking and brutal murders over the past few years include those of Stacey Knell, Karen McClean,…

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  5. Debate contribution: Strategic Framework to End Violence against Women and Girls: Implementation

    I was going to say that I welcome the opportunity to discuss this issue, but I really do not. The Member for Mid Ulster Linda Dillon spoke so incredibly and said out loud in this debate in this Chamber what matters to me and to the people across the North who are listening. She said out loud that the vast majority of…

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  6. Debate contribution: Strategic Framework to End Violence against Women and Girls: Implementation

    I support the motion and the amendment. I am pleased to see that we have got straight down to business since the return of the institutions and that we are dealing with the real issues that affect people across Northern Ireland every day. Violence against women and girls is a society-wide problem and requires a…

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  7. Debate contribution: Strategic Framework to End Violence against Women and Girls: Implementation

    This is a difficult topic to speak to, because it is so real for so many women and girls every day of their life. It causes untold damage and trans-generational trauma. We in the Chamber have a responsibility to show leadership on the issue of violence against women and girls. There can be no level of tolerance of…

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  8. Debate contribution: Strategic Framework to End Violence against Women and Girls: Implementation

    I will speak on the devastating impact of violence against women and girls. Across the United Kingdom, the police receive a domestic abuse call every 30 seconds, yet it is estimated that less than 24% of domestic abuse crime is reported to the police. Most women do not call the police following the first time they are…

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  9. Debate contribution: Strategic Framework to End Violence against Women and Girls: Implementation

    I echo what everybody else has been saying: this is a really important debate. I welcome the fact that, within a few weeks of the Assembly being up and running, this is one of the key items for discussion. That is reflective of the change that we have seen in our society. In the past couple of weeks, there has been a…

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  10. Debate contribution: Strategic Framework to End Violence against Women and Girls: Implementation

    I thank the Member for giving way. She mentioned the earliest days of children's lives, so will she agree that it is in those years, specifically in secondary school, that we start to learn the importance of consent and boundaries and that, given that importance, there is a dire need for comprehensive and inclusive…

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  11. Debate contribution: Strategic Framework to End Violence against Women and Girls: Implementation

    We have all been here before. Violence against women and girls is a crime, and it has become endemic in our society, in our homes and on our streets. The violence has been fuelled by the toxic legacy of our past and the deeply misogynistic culture in our society. The violence has gone unaddressed by government here,…

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  12. Debate contribution: Strategic Framework to End Violence against Women and Girls: Implementation

    I congratulate you on your new role, Mr Deputy Speaker; I do not think that I have spoken with you since you took the Chair. I also congratulate the Member for North Down on her maiden speech — it was very well done — and echo her words about Rachel Woods, who is a sad loss to the Chamber. I wish her well too. The…

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  13. Debate contribution: Strategic Framework to End Violence against Women and Girls: Implementation

    I am honoured to stand here as an MLA for North Down. I am delighted finally to be able to make my maiden speech, after getting elected in May 2022. I pay tribute to my predecessor, Rachel Woods, who was a dedicated representative for North Down as an MLA and as a councillor on Ards and North Down Borough Council,…

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  14. Debate contribution: Strategic Framework to End Violence against Women and Girls: Implementation

    The motion draws our attention to the unacceptable and ongoing issue of violence against women and girls in our society. The issue affects us all and has the potential to affect every home represented in the Chamber. For women and girls, it affects them directly. For men and boys, it has the potential to affect them…

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  15. Debate contribution: Strategic Framework to End Violence against Women and Girls: Implementation

    Go raibh maith agat, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. Gabhaim buíochas leis an Chéad-Aire. Déanaim comhghairdeas léi faoina post nua. Bíodh a fhios aici go bhfuil na daoine i Lár Uladh iontach bródúil aisti ag an am seo. We are moving this motion this afternoon —. Gabh mo leithscéal. Can I move the motion? Is that me? I beg…

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  16. Member's statement: DUP: Humble Address

    As part of the dud deal that brought the DUP back into the Executive, today, in the House of Commons, one of the DUP's fig leaves — what is grandly called a "humble address" — will be promoted. It is build around a flagrant deceit, a deceit that, in the words of that humble address, includes: "acknowledging the…

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  17. Member's statement: Horizon Post Office Scandal

    I want to talk about the miscarriage of justice in the Horizon post office scandal. The details of the saga have been well publicised, thanks to a very successful ITV drama this year. In 1999, Post Office began the roll-out of its new IT system, Horizon. It soon became clear that Horizon was faulty, which made it…

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  18. Member's statement: Shared and Integrated Education Capital Funding

    I associate myself with the remarks about Chris Nicholl. I will speak about the news that emerged at the end of last week — shocking and unacceptable news — that shared and integrated education capital funding, totalling, it appears, £150 million, has been removed from 10 schools in Northern Ireland. I should declare…

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  19. Member's statement: Chris Nicholl

    I rise to pay tribute to and mourn the loss of Mr Chris Nicholl, who passed away on Saturday night at the age of 77. Chris, on no fewer than 51 occasions, was selected to represent the Northern Ireland senior men's football team. He became a stalwart of the early glory years of Billy Bingham's second spell as manager,…

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  20. Member's statement: Apprenticeships

    February is the month when we mark Apprenticeship Week and celebrate our apprentices. I believe that we had another bit of business on that week, so I raise it now, and better late than never. Apprenticeships are a great way to grow our economy, to tackle poverty and social inequality and to help us to address the…

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  21. Member's statement: Lisa Dorrian

    This week marks the nineteenth anniversary of the tragic disappearance of Lisa Dorrian from a caravan park in Ballyhalbert in County Down in 2005. Lisa's disappearance left an irreplaceable hole in the lives of her loving family and her many friends. Lisa's body has not been found. Her family has led a courageous and…

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  22. Member's statement: Postnatal Depression in Men

    I congratulate the bravery and courage of a couple in my constituency, whom some of you might have seen in the news over the weekend: Danielle and Nial Sands. They spoke out very bravely about their experience following the birth of their baby, Joe. Danielle suffered from postnatal depression, and Nial then realised…

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