The ‘Ending Violence Against Women and Girls: Experiences and
attitudes of adults in Northern Ireland in 2023' report published
by The Executive Office today presents statistics relating to
people's personal experiences of a gender-based violence, their
attitudes on the acceptability of gender-based violence, and what
they would do if they witnessed gender-based violence.
Some of the key findings include:
- Psychological violence was the type of gender-based violence
most experienced by respondents in the last five years (13%).
- A significantly higher proportion of females (10%) reported
experiencing sexual violence in the last five years than males
(4%).
- 18-29 year-olds experienced more sexual, psychological and
online violence than other age groups.
- 35% of respondents thought that most people would find
cat-calling or wolf whistling acceptable compared with 21% who
themselves thought that this behaviour was acceptable.
- 8% of respondents thought that sending an intimate
photo/video of themselves to a woman without her agreement was
acceptable compared with 19% who thought that most people would
find this behaviour acceptable.
- 73% of respondents would intervene if they witnessed someone
they know personally, telling a rape joke about women.
- 85% of respondents would intervene if they witnessed someone
they know personally, making a woman or girl feel uncomfortable
by making comments of a sexual nature.
The report is available on the Statistics and Research Branch
website at: www.executiveoffice-ni.gov.uk/news/ending-violence-against-women-and-girls-experiences-and-attitudes-adults-northern-ireland-2023
