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government published their official “Zero Tolerance” strategy to tackle all forms of violence women face in society. The Journal reports that it is “the government’s duty to keep their eye on their commitment made last June” and that the change Ireland needs to see “is not going as fast as some of us would like”.

From reading through his statements and the Zero Tolerance strategy, they believe education is the first and most important step to changing how men view women and how safe women feel around men. From their research; students are not being taught consent thoroughly in school, unless it is a program decided by the school’s board, children need to learn the true meaning of consent before it comes up in a sexual situation. Knowing to ask someone for a hug, a chat and even to shake hands are all instances children come across daily that could help them better understand asking a sexual partner for consent in the future and the importance of their answer.

They also suggest educating parents better on how to control the children’s smartphone usage so they don’t have the opportunity to come across pornography and the effects viewing it can have on the children and how they form opinions on sex and relationships. If Irish parents had a healthier relationship with discussing sex and pornography with their children, we could see more children learn through informed discussion about the realities of sex and relationships instead of educating themselves through pornography.

As a UCD student and newspaper, it is interesting to see and learn what the response is towards gender-based violence in Dublin and the country. Before the death of Ashling Murphy, UCD ran a consent course for all incoming first years so they are aware of what consent means and how important it is to ask for consent. The UCDSU run SHAG week every year to raise awareness about healthy sex and relationships in a more informal way than the consent courses. This occurs annually which is important and more effective than the once off consent course in first year.

Since 2021, the UCD Dignity and Respect services work to help students through bullying, harassment and even violence against students and staff members. Since the death of Ashling Murphy the UCD board and Government parties have been pushing their Zero Tolerance policy on schools and workplaces around the country to make Ireland a safer place for women.

UCD Dignity and Respect services also work to help make staff and students feel safe on campus by having advisers on site to chat to students if it is needed, they provide students with specialist support and information about their safety and wellbeing. They also have an informal and formal way of dealing with specific situations on campus as they can keep information between the victim and UCD or if needed, pass their information to the Guards, Women’s and Men’s Aid and many more entities willing to help people feel safe within society.

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