Services and Policy Press Releases
Calls to Helpline about Rape and Sexual Assault continue to rise - 43% increase since 2012
In 2012, CARI first noticed a marked increase in calls to the helpline in relation to rape and sexual assault. We also noticed that in many of these cases, both the victim and the alleged perpetrators were teenagers. These figures steadily increased in 2013 and now, by the end of 2014, worryingly show an overall 43% increase over the three years.
CARI Welcomes Passing of the Children’s Referendum
CARI welcomes the decision and are confident that over the decades ahead, this milestone change for children in our constitution will ensure their greater protection in all legal proceedings affecting them and in society as a whole.
CARI Supports DRCC’s Calls For Earlier & More Explicit Sex Education To Better Protect Young People
CARI strongly support the case made by Leonie O'Dowd, Head of Education and Training at DRCC, that children as young as 11 need to be talked to about issues like rape, consent and pornography.
CARI’s Response To The European Report On Child Sexual Exploitation
Europol’s warning in their report to parents that online images they post onto social networking sites of their own children can and are being used by people for sexual purposes confirms a trend identified by CARI from calls to CARI’s Helpline. CEO Mary Flaherty calls on parents to be careful about what images of their children they post online.