To all our partners and friends. Merry Christmas! Thank you for your incredible support www.serp.ie National Women's Council (NWC) Ruhama Women's Aid Ireland Dublin Rape Crisis Centre Community Foundation Ireland OSCE Combating Trafficking in Human Beings (CTHB) Department of Justice Health Service Executive Denise Charlton Dr Grainne Healy Nusha Yonkova Ruth Breslin Lucy Gaffney John Cunningham Rape Crisis Ireland UN Women Ibec Chambers Ireland An Garda Síochána UCD Sutherland School of Law
Sexual Exploitation Research and Policy Institute
Public Policy
Dublin, Ireland 701 followers
The Sexual Exploitation Research and Policy Institute, Ireland's only independent research body on sexual exploitation.
About us
The Sexual Exploitation Research and Policy Institute is Ireland’s only independent research body dedicated to the study of commercial sexual exploitation. Our research influences academic discourse and creates useful knowledge for law and policy makers, practitioners, survivors and activists. The SERP Institute is an internationally-recognised centre of excellence in generating new evidence and informing policy to combat the harms of all forms of commercial sexual exploitation in Ireland and beyond. Our evidence has been utilised by lawmakers in Ireland, the UK, Europe and the US. The team has over thirty-five years of expertise combined in research, policy and advocacy work on these issues. Working on an all-island-of-Ireland basis, we monitor and investigate the nature and impact of the sex trade on victims, survivors and wider society, bridging the gap between research and frontline practice to disrupt the myths and expose the truth about the commercial sex trade. Originally established in 2017 as a research programme (The Sexual Exploitation Research Programme – SERP) by Emeritus Associate Professor Ursula Barry in the School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice at University College Dublin, SERP was subsequently led by Associate Professor Dr Marie Keenan. In 2023, with the aid of philanthropic support provided via Community Foundation Ireland, we became a fully-fledged independent research and policy institute. The SERP Institute investigates, with integrity, the ways in which sexism, poverty, racism and individual vulnerabilities are exploited in the pursuit of profit. In doing so, the Institute’s work enhances the broader understanding of commercial sexual exploitation and the different manifestations of the sex trade in all its guises.
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Great discussions as we prepare for a new year. You can see all our updates and latest research first at www.serp.ie
Working with true leaders to end #GenderBasedViolence, Denise Charlton welcomes some of our partners for discussions on plans for 2025. Watch this space www.communityfoundation.ie Thanks to Sarah Benson Women's Aid Ireland with Ruth Breslin of Sexual Exploitation Research and Policy Institute with Eoghan Cleary for sharing insights and knowledge. It is clear Ireland is at an important moment in this space and #IrishPhilanthropy through the Foundation continues to play its important role. Philanthropy Ireland Alliance magazine Center for Effective Philanthropy Philanthropy Helen McEntee Ivana Bacik Jim O'Callaghan TD James Lawless Paschal Donohoe Pádraig Rice Orla O'Connor National Women's Council (NWC) Department of Justice Oonagh McPhillips Bairbre Nic Aongusa Sally Gaynor Lucy Gaffney John Cunningham John Sansome Deirdre Duffy
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Pimps profiting from the exploitation of our children and young people through porn - our final #16FactsFor16Days #16DaysOfActivism www.serp.ie AkiDwA - Migrant Women's Network In Ireland Women's Aid Ireland National Women's Council (NWC) Safe Ireland Ruhama Community Foundation Ireland Dublin Rape Crisis Centre John Cunningham Lucy Gaffney Nusha Yonkova IHREC Comms Meath Women's Refuge & Support Services Helen McEntee Ivana Bacik
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The harm of porn - we provide the facts which inform debate and policy www.serp.ie. We are providing #16FactsFor16Days #16DaysOfActivism #16Days Helen McEntee National Women's Council (NWC) Women's Aid Ireland Ivana Bacik Jim O'Callaghan TD Micheál Martin Simon Harris FLAC - Free Legal Advice Centres Dublin Rape Crisis Centre Rape Crisis Network Ireland Noeline Blackwell Community Foundation Ireland Denise Charlton John Cunningham Lucy Gaffney
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Prostitution is not work. It is gender based violence. Fact. Big response to our #16FactsFor16Days as part of global #16DaysOfActivism. Find out more www.serp.ie Ruhama Oonagh McPhillips Department of Justice OSCE Combating Trafficking in Human Beings (CTHB) UN Women Jim O'Callaghan TD Helen McEntee Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD Ivana Bacik Ibec Irish Congress of Trade Unions Chambers Ireland John Cunningham Lucy Gaffney Dr Grainne Healy Safe Ireland Europol An Garda Síochána #16Days #EndGenderBasedViolence #Ireland
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Did you know prostitution causes PTSD. Fact. Use the global #16DaysOfActivism to increase your awareness of the harms of prostitution www.serp.ie #16Days #16FactsFor16Days Ruhama Community Foundation Ireland Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Oonagh McPhillips Dr Grainne Healy Orla O'Connor National Women's Council (NWC) Safe Ireland Dublin Rape Crisis Centre Sarah Benson Health Service Executive Tusla - Child and Family Agency Rape Crisis Network Ireland #Ireland #GenderBasedViolence
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Pimps and Predators don't want you to see or know these facts. The harms of prostitution are clear. We are producing #16FactsFor16Days www.serp.ie As Ireland's only independent research institute on the harms and crimes of the commercial sex trade we inform policy. Community Foundation Ireland Dr Grainne Healy National Women's Council (NWC) Denise Charlton Nusha Yonkova John Cunningham Lucy Gaffney Ailbhe Conneely Ann Murphy Oonagh McPhillips #16DaysOfActivism #16Days #Ireland #GenderBasedViolence Dublin Rape Crisis Centre Rape Crisis Network Ireland Department of Justice European Network of Migrant Women (ENOMW) OSCE Combating Trafficking in Human Beings (CTHB)
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Prostitution causes harm. Fact. Our latest #16FactsFor16Days #16DaysOfActivism www.serp.ie. We are raising awareness during the global action. #Ireland #Equality #GenderBasedViolence
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Trapped in prostitution. Todays we highlight the reality facing women and girls as part of the global #16DaysOfActivism #16FactsFor16Days www.serp.ie #16Days Community Foundation Ireland Ruhama Safe Ireland Noeline Blackwell Nusha Yonkova Brian Killoran Lucy Gaffney John Cunningham Denise Charlton Dublin Rape Crisis Centre Rape Crisis Network Ireland Immigrant Council of Ireland Ann Murphy Ailbhe Conneely
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Smashing the happy hooker myth. Prostitution is gender based violence. Another fact from #16FactsFor16Days #16DaysOfActivism. See all our agenda setting research www.serp.ie Health Service Executive Irish Medical Organisation Irish Medical Times Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) Irish Congress of Trade Unions Community Foundation Ireland Lucy Gaffney Ruhama OSCE Combating Trafficking in Human Beings (CTHB) Michael McGrath Department of Justice Vivienne Flood Denise Charlton Tanya W. Dublin Rape Crisis Centre European Network of Migrant Women (ENOMW) Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Liam Herrick Safe Ireland Women's Aid Ireland UN Women
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