The National Women’s Council (NWC) hosted a major conference exploring the intersection between housing precarity, homelessness interact with various forms of domestic, sexual and gender based violence (DSGBV) on September 16th, 2025, at which Associate Professor Paula Mayock delivered a key note talk. The conference was opened by Orla O’Connor, Director of the National Women’s Council and Minister for Housing, James Brown, addressed the conference via video link. Dr. Mayock’s paper, titled ‘The Intersection of Homelessness and Gender-based Violence’ examined gendered homelessness and the association between gender-based violence and the loss of housing.
Key issues addressed by the conference got extensive media coverage, including in the
Irish Times, Examiner and Independent. Dr. Mayock was also interviewed on Drivetime about the complex relationship between domestic violence and abuse and homelessness.