🔍 Podcast theme : Insights into Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (DSGBV)
🌟 Guest: Sarah Benson – CEO, Women’s Aid Ireland
📢 We are excited to share that Episode 8 of the hashtag#RiVeRProject Podcast Series, hosted by Dundalk Institute of Technology will be released very soon!
This insightful and impactful series brings together a broad range of perspectives including:
🧑🤝🧑 Front line workers in the area of DSGBV
🗣️ Survivors and lived-experience advocates
👩⚖️ Legal experts
🎓 Academics/Researchers
🗄️ Policy makers
— to critically explore how Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence is understood, responded to and actively challenged across Ireland.
🌟 Episode 8 featured Guest: Sarah Benson – CEO, Women’s Aid Ireland
In this powerful episode, Sarah:
📜 Traces the roots of Women’s Aid back to the 1970s
📈 Charts its growth as a social change organisation
🧭 Shares her personal journey and experiences
🚺 Explores the significance of working from a feminist analysis
📞 Highlights core services: 24/7 Helpline, Advocacy, Training, Research, Public Awareness
🤝 Emphasises collaboration, survivor access, and evidence-based practice
⏳ While you wait for Episode 8 to go live…
🎧 Catch up on the First Seven episodes, which feature diverse perspectives from across the DSGBV landscape:
📲 Watch or listen to previous episodes here:
🌐 RiVeR Project Website: https://www.riverproject.ie/education-training/podcast-series/
🎧Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/3EqTztEInrINHoAMJ2KNVV?si=272ba1938b08460f&nd=1&dlsi=6cab35227b364988
▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DundalkIT/podcasts
💬 Whether you are:
🔹 A survivor
🔹 A frontline worker
🔹 A policymaker
🔹 A researcher or educator
🔹 Or simply someone eager to better understand and respond to DSGBV
This series offers a trauma-informed, reflective space for learning, dialogue, and collective action toward justice, safety and social change.
📌 Stay tuned for Episode 8 with Sarah Benson — coming your way soon!
