CEDAW Shadow Report

This shadow report is submitted by a coalition of 8 rape crisis centres across Ireland. It is a contribution to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women's review of Ireland’s eighth periodic report under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) in June 2025.

The 8 rape crisis centres are:

• Athlone (Midlands) Rape Crisis Centre
• Dublin Rape Crisis Centre
• Galway Rape Crisis Centre
• Kilkenny Rape Crisis Centre
• Rape Crisis North East
• Tipperary Rape Crisis Centre
• Tullamore Rape Crisis Centre
• Wexford Rape Crisis