Ruhama

Numbers trafficked for sexual exploitation rise by nearly a third, support group finds

Ruhama’s annual report says 155 victims of human trafficking engaged with the charity in 2023

Thu Sept 19 2024 - 18:27

New referral mechanism needed to support victims of trafficking, IHREC says

Rights and equality commission calls for specialised shelter for victims of trafficking

Mon Oct 18 2021 - 00:01

Dedicated housing unit for trafficking victims to open in autumn

Department of Justice previously announced unit would open last year

Mon May 31 2021 - 11:50

Women in prostitution in Ireland experience ‘endemic violence’

Report says 2017 law has made a ‘very promising’ start in interrupting sex trade

Thu Nov 19 2020 - 05:05

Sex-trafficking: Why is Ireland’s record so poor?

Padraig O’Morain: It is our duty to prioritise the destruction of sex-trafficking

Thu Sept 17 2020 - 06:01

Sale of sex rises since Covid-19 restrictions lifted, advocacy group says

Ruhama calls on Government for better enforcement of legislation on purchasing sex

Mon Sept 14 2020 - 01:00

Human trafficking: ‘I lived in fear . . . I was a broken person’

A mother of two from Cameroon taken into prostitution in Ireland

Thu Jul 30 2020 - 01:00

Ireland criticised for ‘major failings’ in its treatment of human trafficking victims

US Department of State report finds ‘lack of convictions for trafficking offences’

Thu Jun 25 2020 - 22:26

Women in direct provision being ‘pushed into prostitution’

Migrant network warns that people surviving on small cash allowance become desperate

Mon Nov 18 2019 - 01:00

Jailing of sex workers keeping brothel shows law ‘not fit for purpose’

‘Nordic model’ legislation does not protect those selling sex, says alliance

Mon Jun 10 2019 - 20:12

Ireland has ‘highly organised, transnational’ sex trade

Ruhama report finds women more likely to report crimes to gardaí since 2017 laws banning purchase of sex

Tue Apr 30 2019 - 11:43

Garda operation aimed to raise awareness on sex purchasing laws

Garda has faced criticism over number of prosecutions initiated since Act came into force

Tue Apr 30 2019 - 00:15

€40m in dormant bank accounts to be given to community projects

Government will distribute unclaimed personal accounts and insurance policies

Tue Jul 17 2018 - 15:31

Video reveals how sex buyers view women trafficked into Ireland

More than 80% of callers requested details on sex services despite pleas for help

Fri Jan 19 2018 - 20:03

‘Dramatic rise’ in attacks on sex workers since law change

Support groups link increase in attacks to law criminalising purchase of sex

Mon Sept 04 2017 - 02:00

Concern over lack of prosecutions under new sex trade law

Gardaí need to be properly resources to enforce Sexual Offences Act, Ruhama says

Mon Aug 28 2017 - 16:51

‘It’s clearly a brothel, yet nothing can be done’

Ireland’s sex trade went online years ago. So what are main-street ‘massage parlours’ for?

Sat Jul 29 2017 - 06:00

‘Sex for rent’ in Ireland: massages, modelling, no money

This week 10 online ads offered rooms in Dublin in exchange for sexual favours

Sat May 13 2017 - 06:00

Facebook to crack down on ‘revenge porn’ on platform

Social network brings in reporting tools for non-consensual sharing of intimate images

Wed Apr 05 2017 - 14:02

Human trafficking cases and exploitation of minors on rise

Of 78 alleged human trafficking victims recorded in Republic in 2015, 23 were minors

Thu Mar 30 2017 - 21:28

Ireland questioned on human rights of sex workers by UN

Institutional abuse and traveller ethnicity among issues raised by UN committee

Wed Feb 15 2017 - 20:11

Prostitute-users responsible for ‘lives stolen by trafficking’

Second National Action Plan to Prevent and Combat Human Trafficking in Ireland launched

Mon Oct 17 2016 - 15:55

Deirdre Kinahan: ‘The Rising is not just a Dublin story’

The playwright’s new production Wild Sky eschews the grand Dublin narrative for a rural perspective on 1916

Tue Feb 09 2016 - 06:00

Head to head: Why the purchase of sex should be a criminal offence

Evidence from around the world shows that legalisation of the trade as a whole fails to protect the most vulnerable

Thu Aug 20 2015 - 00:25

Have your say: Should the purchase of sex be a criminal offence?

Controversy has arisen over Amnesty International recent vote on the issue

Thu Aug 20 2015 - 00:25

Call for ‘full inquiry’ into garda who had sex with prostitute

Advocacy group ‘concerned’ at details of case involving woman who was under investigation

Mon Jul 13 2015 - 19:58

Trafficked woman challenges refusal to pay child benefit payments

Child was born in Ireland and has refugee status

Mon Jul 06 2015 - 16:36

New campaign urges Irish men to take stand against sex trafficking

Prostitution - We Don’t Buy It is the first all-island effort aimed at male attitudes

Wed Apr 22 2015 - 18:20

HSE service refers women in prostitution for abortion advice

Most women who use HSE service are under constant pressure to have unprotected sex

Fri Mar 13 2015 - 18:57

Organised prostitution targeted in Garda raids

Man arrested and released without charge after 22 premises searched nationwide

Fri Dec 05 2014 - 21:13

Ruhama calls for ‘conversation’ on prostitution

Prostitution is not about choice, says charity, as it reports 18% rise in women seeking support

Thu Nov 06 2014 - 12:32

Protest outside Nigerian embassy in Dublin over abductions

Protestors call for release of 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamic militants Boko Haram

Thu May 08 2014 - 00:01

Prostitution should be classified as gender based violence, commitee told

Personal cross-examination of complainant by accused risks ‘retraumatisation’

Wed Feb 26 2014 - 18:50

Feminists and religious conservatives in strange alliance over transactional sex

Opinion: The right to say No is important - and so is the right to say Yes

Sun Dec 29 2013 - 00:01