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RCSAC NEWS & EVENTS: 50% rise in rapes over six years
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Friday, January 25, 2008. 50% rise in rapes over six years. BBCCOUK / Northern Ireland. There has been a 50% increase in rapes in Northern Ireland over the past six years, according to government figures. There were more than 450 reported or attempted rapes last year. The highest figure was in Foyle where 40 assaults were reported last year, whilst 39 incidents were reported in south Belfast. He said the "clear-up rate is far too low in Northern Ireland". Mr Dodds said the figures were "quite disturbing".
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RCSAC NEWS & EVENTS: December 2007
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Wednesday, December 5, 2007. ARTISTS THROW LIFELINE TO RAPE CRISIS CENTRE. From www.u.tv. A sexual abuse charity could be saved from closure by some of Northern Ireland's top artists, it has emerged. Paintings worth thousands of pounds are to be auctioned as part of a fundraising event for a beleaguered rape victims charity. The money throws a lifeline to Belfast's Rape Crisis and Sexual Abuse Centre which has been facing closure since government funding was stopped last year. Dire financial straits I vo...
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RCSAC NEWS & EVENTS: Reported rapes in North up 50% in past six years
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Thursday, January 24, 2008. Reported rapes in North up 50% in past six years. The number of rapes being reported in the North has increased by 50% in the past six years, according to official figures. Figures from the British Government show that more than 450 rapes or attempted rapes were reported last year. Only 3% of cases resulted in convictions. DUP MP Nigel Dodds says the figures are disturbing and people have a lack of confidence in the police and courts to protect them. VIEW OUR MAIN SITE.
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RCSAC NEWS & EVENTS: ARTISTS THROW LIFELINE TO RAPE CRISIS CENTRE
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Wednesday, December 5, 2007. ARTISTS THROW LIFELINE TO RAPE CRISIS CENTRE. From www.u.tv. A sexual abuse charity could be saved from closure by some of Northern Ireland's top artists, it has emerged. Paintings worth thousands of pounds are to be auctioned as part of a fundraising event for a beleaguered rape victims charity. The money throws a lifeline to Belfast's Rape Crisis and Sexual Abuse Centre which has been facing closure since government funding was stopped last year. Dire financial straits I vo...
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RCSAC NEWS & EVENTS: January 2008
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008. RAPE CRISIS CENTRE FURY AT GOVERNMENT. RAPE CRISIS and SEXUAL ABUSE CENTRE. The RCC today criticised the Department of Health and Social Services’ decision to fund the anti-abortion organisation LIFE. Eileen Calder, Co-Director of the charity said: “This organisation describes itself as “inter-denominational”, it is clearly a religious group with a fundamentalist anti-choice ideology. It is time women in Northern Ireland had equal access to health care as the rest of the female...
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RCSAC NEWS & EVENTS: November 2007
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Thursday, November 29, 2007. RAPE CRISIS CENTRE MUST BE FUNDED BY ASSEMBLY SAY GREEN PARTY. THE Green Party has called on the Assembly to find funding to support the Rape Crisis and Sexual Abuse Centre in Belfast. Two years ago the Centre had it’s funding cut, but despite this set back has continued to operate, surviving on donations from the general public and small fundraising events organised by supporters. It says if you get raped tough, we do not view it as a problem? Mrs Andrews said: “Northe...
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RCSAC NEWS & EVENTS: One rape daily on an Ulster woman & sex assaults double, shock figures reveal
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Friday, January 25, 2008. One rape daily on an Ulster woman and sex assaults double, shock figures reveal. At least one woman is raped every day in Northern Ireland, disturbing new figures have revealed. The number of rapes or attempted rapes has doubled in the Province over the last five years, Security Minister Paul Goggins said in a written response to a Parliamentary question by North Belfast MP Nigel Dodds. There are a number of factors which must be addressed, chiefly the confidence which victims c...
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RCSAC NEWS & EVENTS: Rape Statistics Show Dramatic Rise
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Thursday, January 24, 2008. Rape Statistics Show Dramatic Rise. Both south Belfast and the North West have been shown as the areas where women are most at risk of rape. Government figures just released have revealed a 50% increase overall in rape cases in Northern Ireland over the past six years. There were more than 450 reported or attempted rapes in 2007 alone. Mr Dodds said the figures were "quite disturbing". Both PSNI and the Public Prosecution Service are seeking to develop models of best investiga...
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From the Ashes: May 2010
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Wednesday, 12 May 2010. Today - I feel fantastic! I had an amazing conversation last night this morning which renewed my belief in the fact we fall for the person the soul rather than the sex of a person and that has given me such a buzz , i'm positively floating on air this morning! The sun is out over here in Good old Northern Ireland and its making this phoenix stand up and put her head back and think maybe life ain't so damn bad after all. Thursday, 6 May 2010. I often think and reflect back over how...