Raise Your Voice motion to local Councils

The Raise Your Voice motion on misogyny as a hate crime & supporting our work will be heard 30th November at Newtownabbey & Antrim Council. Make sure they 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."

If you live in Newtownabbey & Antrim, enter your postcode below it will take you through to your local councillors to email them to support the motion.
We plan to take this to as many councils as possible to please contact us on contact@raiseyourvoice.community