Dr. Nata Duvvury:

It is not just about changing culture within organisations. Policies on domestic violence leave are being demanded by women themselves. Safe Ireland has been to the forefront of talking about this issue since 2018. Whenever I have spoken on this, women survivors have told me that this leave is so important because it is a recognition of how much domestic violence affects their capabilities as workers and employees. That recognition has already seeped into the community.

Education policies are essential. We cannot just leave it up to employers to figure out some policies. There is an incredible number of templates already out there. At the international level, Business Fights Poverty has developed excellent toolkits on domestic violence and how to address it in the workplace. It is not that we do not have the knowledge. We have the knowledge now. The question is whether we have the will and the courage to do this.