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Below is the Raise Your Voice motion on misogyny as a hate crime & supporting our work, being heard in councils across NI. Keep an eye on our social media and if it is due to be heard in your area please make sure your local councillors hear from you to support this important motion.

“This Council recognises the impact of misogyny and transmisogyny on those affected by it, as well as the role these attitudes play in a variety of crimes, including harassment, assault, sexual assault and hate crimes, and on the career choices and personal lives of women, girls and non-binary people.

The Council supports the inclusion of misogyny as a standalone offence and as a category of hate crime, recognising crimes targeted at women including trans women as hate crimes based on misogyny, and will write a letter to that effect to Judge Desmond Marrinan, as part of his ongoing review of hate crime legislation in Northern Ireland.

The Council supports also the Raise Your Voice Project, which tackles sexual harassment and sexual violence across Northern Ireland, by placing posters in all Council properties to raise awareness of the project."

Use the link below and enter your postcode, this will take you through a page where you may easily send an email to your local councillors, asking them to support the motion. We plan to take this to as many councils as possible. If your council has yet to hear this motion, please ask your local councillor to email us on: contact@raiseyourvoice.community