EXPERTS TO CONVERGE IN CITY FOR INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SURVIVORS OF RAPE

Date Published: 08-Nov-2012

A major conference on preventing and responding to sexual violence gets underway in the city tomorrow [Nov 9].

The third international conference on survivors of rape will see speakers from Africa, the UK, Europe and the US converge at NUI Galway.

The event is hosted in Ireland for the first time by the city based Rape Crisis Network.

It'll involve 60 presentations over two days at the Bailey Allen Hall in Aras na Mac Leinn.

The conference co-incides with the publication of the RCNI's annual statistics..

Cliona Saidlear of the RCNI says that the conference aims to discuss the benefits of a multi-disciplinary approach to responding to sexual violence.