'It's just what happens': Girls and young women's views and experiences of violence in Northern Ireland

Siobhan McAlister; Gail Neill; Dirk Schubotz; Michelle Templeton

'It's just what happens': Girls and young women's views and experiences of violence in Northern Ireland

Siobhan McAlister
, Gail Neill
, Dirk Schubotz
, Michelle Templeton

Queens University Belfast

Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

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Abstract

Commissioned by the Ending Violence Against Women and Girl’s Directorate of The Executive Office, this research aimed to:

- elicit girls/young women’s understandings
of violence, their experiences of violence,
its causes and consequences, and views on
supports and services;
- collect girls/ young women’s views on how
violence against women and girls might be
prevented;
- collect the personal testimonies of girls/
young women who have experienced/ are
experiencing violence.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Belfast
Number of pages	80
Publication status	Published (in print/issue) - 1 Aug 2023

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
SDG 4 Quality Education
SDG 5 Gender Equality
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Keywords

Young Women
Girls
Violence
Northern Ireland
Ending violence

Access to Document

EVAWG YW report web versionFinal published version, 2.5 MB

Reflections on work with young women
Neill, G. (Speaker)
11 Jun 2026
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Everyday Violence - Launch of educational video
Neill, G. (Speaker) & McAlister, S. (Speaker)
11 Dec 2025
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk

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'It's just what happens': Girls and young women's views and experiences of violence in Northern Ireland

Abstract

UN SDGs

Keywords

Access to Document

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Activities

Reflections on work with young women

Everyday Violence - Launch of educational video

Cite this