A major national campaign has been launched today highlighting the impact of sexual harassment and sexual violence.
The campaign called 'No Excuses' will run for three years on TV, cinema, radio, social media and online.
Initial TV ads will begin broadcasting from tomorrow and they cover a number of scenarios ranging from sexual harassment in the workplace to unwanted physical attention at a bar.
The campaign says there's 'No Excuses' for people to carry out sexual harassment and 'No Excuses' for people to ignore it if they see someone else being harassed.
It's calling on people to take the appropriate action if they witness sexual harassment or are aware that somebody is being harassed.
A survey by WIN International published on International Women's Day shoes that Ireland has the highest level of claimed sexual harassment in Europe; 32% of Irish women between 18 and 34 said that they had experienced some form of sexual harassment in the past year.
Last year 3,182 sex crimes were recorded by Gardai, a 26% increase on 2017.
