Ground Breakers Series Two: Producer Patricia Baker looks at the life and work of three older women who did not just live through a changing Ireland but were the change makers. In this episode Ground Breaker Mary Crilly, Patricia explores the life’s work of Mary Crilly Founding member and Director of the Sexual Violence Centre Cork. When Mary began her work sexual violence was a taboo subject, there was very few support structures in place for victims. The culture was of silence and blame. Mary's story traces the evolution and revolution led by women like Mary who fought for the rights of the victims of sexual violence. They fought for public recognition, for justice and now for a culture of zero tolerance for sexual violence.
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