Gender-based violence

Questions on gender-based violence were asked in the Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey in 2022 and 2023.
Questions on gender-based violence were asked in the Young Life and Times survey in 2022, and 2024.
Questions on Coercive Control were asked in the Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey in 2020.
Questions on Coercive Control were asked in the Young Life and Times Survey in 2020-21.

ARK Resources

• Sticks and Stones? Violence experiences of 16-year olds in Northern Ireland (Research Update 150) by Dirk Schubotz, is based on data from the 2022 Young Life and Times survey.
• Policy Roundtable: Public Understanding of Coercive Control In Northern Ireland (Policy Brief 23) by Susan Lagdon, Julie-Ann Jordan, Ann Marie Gray and Goretti Horgan, is based on an ARK round table event in August 2022.
• Young People's Understanding of Coercive Control (Research Update 143) bySusan Lagdon, Julie-Ann Jordan, Lucia Klencakova, Ciaran Shannon, Mark Tully and Cherie Armour
• Public Understanding of Coercive Control (Research Update 141) by Susan Lagdon, Julie-Ann Jordan, Ciaran Shannon, Mark Tully and Cherie Armour uses data from the 2020 Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey.
• Economic Empowerment for Survivors of Domestic Violence in Northern Ireland (Policy Brief 21) by Sarah Lawrence.

Links

• The Executive Office published a draft Strategic Framework to End Violence Against Women and Girls and Foundational Action Plan on 4 July 2023, which included data from the 2022 Young Life and Times survey. A consultation on this Framework is running from 4 July - 3 October 2023.
• The report Ending Violence Against Women and Girls: Experiences and attitudes of adults in Northern Ireland in 2022, published by The Executive Office, is based on data from the 2022 Northern Ireland Life and Times survey.
• Ending Violence Against Women and Girls: Experiences and attitudes of 16 year olds in Northern Ireland in 2022, published by The Executive Office, is based on data from the 2022 Young Life and Times survey.
• It’s Just What Happens’ Girls and Young Women’s Views and Experiences of Violence in Northern Ireland, by Siobhan McAlister, Gail Neil, Dirk Schubotz and Michelle Templeton, was commissioned by The Executive Office in 2022.
• Every Voice Matters! Violence Against Women in Northern Ireland, by Susan Lagdon, Claire McCartan, Marcin Owczarek, Dr Ngozi Anyadike-Danes and Prof. Mark Shevlin, Ulster University, and Dr Claire McCartan and Julie-Ann Jordan from the IMPACT Research Centre as commissioned by The Executive Office in 2022.
• The criminalisation of coercive control by Francesca Soliman (Northern Ireland Assembly Research and Information Service Research Paper NIAR 103-2019) highlights the legislative context of coercive control across the UK and Ireland.

Maintained by Paula Devine