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Mayo Women’s Support Service (MWSS) are currently taking part in a nationwide campaign which was initiated by SAFE Ireland and launched by Ryan Tubridy in November 2012. It is called Man Up and is an invitation to men and women to address, support and speak out on the issue of violence against women and children. MWSS intends to take the campaign to all parts of Mayo during 2013, starting in Castlebar in April.

Safe Ireland’s new report ‘In just one day’, which took a 24 hour snapshot of domestic violence in the country, revealed that on November 4 2009, Mayo Women’s Support Service gave 21 women and 25 children a variety of vital supports including accommodation, advocacy, information, accompaniments, and help-line calls from Mayo Women’s Support Services.

This week, on International Day Opposing Violence Against Women saw the start of a moving and thought-provoking exhibition, In Her Shoes, at the Ballina Family Resource Centre.

A new map of Moorehall for orienteering has been funded by Mayo Sports Partnership. The map came about as a result of a joint partnership between the Connaught Schools Orienteering Association and Mayo Sports Partnership and forms part of a national initiative by the Junior Cycle Physical Education (JCPE) Support Service to promote physical activity links between schools and their communites.

On December 10, the final day of the 16 Days of Action opposing violence against women, the Primary Health Care trainees at the Mayo Travellers’ Support Group presented a hand-made collection of 146 flowers at the Linenhall in honour of those women who lost their lives as a result of domestic violence.