Women’s Aid UN Day Opposing 20 years of the Women’s Aid Violence Against Women Seminar Femicide Monitoring Project 25th November 2016 1996 – 2016

SEMINAR SCHEDULE 9.30am Registration and refreshments 9.45am Welcome and opening remarks Ursula Regan, Chair of Women’s Aid 9.50am Femicide Watch in Ireland 1996 – 2016 Margaret Martin, Director, Women’s Aid 10.10am Address by Minister Regina Doherty, T.D., Government Chief Whip and Minister for State at the Department of An Taoiseach 10.30am Break Panel session: Changing the Conversation on Femicide and Domestic Violence, chaired by , RTÉ Broadcaster 10.45am Linnea Dunne, writer and editor 11am Brenda Power, journalist and broadcaster 11.15am Don Hennessy, expert on domestic violence perpetrators 11.30am Detective Superintendent Michael Daly, of the Garda National Protective Service Bureau (GNPSB) 11.45am Margaret Martin, Director, Women’s Aid 12pm Q&A 12.15pm Break Women’s Aid Nationwide Moment of Remembrance for Victims of Femicide in Ireland, officiated by Emma Sides, Humanist celebrant 12.30pm Paula Meehan, Ireland Chair of Poetry Taking a moment to remember with performance by Pauly Fagan ‘Hold Me Down’ 12.45pm Closing Remarks by Margaret Martin, Director, Women’s Aid 12.45pm – 1.30pm Viewing of exhibition

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Listening. Believing. Supporting. Don Hennessy SEMINAR SPEAKERS Don Hennessy works at the Cork Marriage Counselling Centre Michael Daly and is author of the book ‘How He Gets into Her Head – The Detective Superintendent Michael Daly has the national Mind of the Intimate Male Abuser.’ Working with both the policing responsibility for the investigation of Domestic perpetrators and victims of intimate partner abuse has given Abuse, Sex Offender Management, Missing Persons and Don a unique insight into the tactics employed by the male Intelligence related to public protection matters. He is part abuser. He is the former director of the National Domestic of the senior management team within the Garda National Violence Intervention Agency (NDVIA). Protective Services Bureau based in Dublin. The newly appointed bureau deals with Sexual Crime, including Child Margaret Martin Abuse, Child Online Exploitation, Domestic Abuse, Sex Margaret Martin has been Director of Women’s Aid since Offender Management, Missing Persons, Human Trafficking 2003. Women’s Aid has been working in Ireland to stop and Organised Prostitution. He is a qualified Senior domestic violence against women and children since 1974 and Investigating Officer (SIO) specialising in the investigation of is a leading national organisation which provides information Child Abuse, Domestic Abuse and Sex Offender Management and support to women and their children affected by abuse. and is the first police officer from the Police Service of Margaret has over 30 years’ experience in the NGO sector Northern Ireland (PSNI) to be promoted into An Garda including the areas of domestic and sexual violence, health Síochána under new legislation designed to improve the and education. relationship and sharing of experience between both police Paula Meehan forces, taking up his position in March 2015. Paula Meehan is the Ireland Chair of Poetry. Paula was born in Dublin where she still lives. Besides six award-winning Regina Doherty, T.D. Regina Doherty T.D. is Government Chief Whip and Minister poetry collections she has also written plays for both adults of State at the Department. Before first being elected to Dáil and children. She has conducted residencies in universities, Éireann in 2011 for the Constituency of Meath East, Regina in prisons, in the wider community, and her poems and plays served as a Councillor on Meath County Council. Regina, have been translated into many languages, including Irish. originally from Dublin, has lived in Meath for almost 20 years Brenda Power with her husband and their four children, all of whom are Brenda Power is a journalist, broadcaster and barrister. She Meath born and bred. Regina began her career in the IT sector has worked with the Irish Press and Sunday Tribune, and now before entering public office in 2009. During the last Dáil term works for the Sunday Times and Daily Mail as a columnist. (2011-2016), Regina sat on the Joint Oireachtas Committees As a broadcaster she has presented a number of radio and for both Health & Children, and Finance & Public Expenditure, television series on RTÉ and Newstalk, including while also chairing several All Party Parliamentary Groups and Would You Believe on RTÉ. She has stood in for Marian for special education, children and adults with intellectual Finucane and Joe Duffy on RTÉ Radio 1 as well as presented disabilities and the cross party group on mental health reform. several series of her own live radio interviews, and she also did Regina was re-elected to Dáil Éireann in February 2016 by a daily phone in programme on Newstalk for two years. She the people of Meath East, prior to her appointment to the recently returned to work as a barrister, and has five children. Department of An Taoiseach. Ursula Regan Linnea Dunne Ursula Regan is a solicitor and partner in the firm of Regan Linnea Dunne is a writer, editor and campaigner from Solicitors. She deals exclusively in the area of Family Law and Sweden, now based in Dublin with her husband and two has worked extensively in the area of domestic violence. She young children. She has an MA in Political Communications is the current chair of the Women’s Aid Board of Directors, from Goldsmiths University of London and writes about having served on it for over 15 years. motherhood, women’s rights, media representation and reproductive justice. Recently published in The Guardian, Keelin Shanley Irish Times and HerFamily.ie. Keelin Shanley is an RTÉ journalist and broadcaster and www.linneadunne.com @linneadunne currently presents Morning Ireland on RTÉ Radio One.