The Northern Ireland Executive has directed that a Strategy to End Violence Against Women and Girls be developed, and the Executive Office is leading this work across departments.

After lobbying by Queen’s Students’ Union and other students’ unions, the Executive Office has agreed that there will be a specific area of the strategy which will focus on students.

The QSU Student Officer Equality and Diversity has been nominated by the Executive Office as the lead representative of NI students to provide input into the co-design process for the strategy.

In this survey, "violence" refers to any kind of targeted harassment, discrimination, or assault, from micro-aggressions and misogyny, through to violent and abusive behaviour. It includes physical, verbal, and institutional violence.

"Female" refers to anybody identifying as a woman or girl, whether they are cisgender or transgender.

All the information you provide is confidential and you will not be personally identifiable in any reports or other outputs produced because of this research.

Data will be processed in according with the Privacy Notice for this consultation.

Personal data provided (including email address and institution information) will not be available to any individual analysing data.

Any personally identifiable information, about a respondent or any other individual, will be removed prior to analysis.

Any specific details relating to incidents of sexual violence (as per our definition) will be removed from the data prior to analysis.

Individuals wishing to report incidents or sexual violence should contact the Police Service of Northern Ireland, or a relevant institutional support service. Disclosing / referencing incidents of sexual violence in this consultation does not constitute a report and will not be followed up.

If you have been affected by participation in this survey, you can seek support from the following services.

General Support Services

• Nexus NI - For sexual trauma support - T:028 9032 6803, E:info@nexusni.org
• Domestic and Sexual Abuse Helpline - T:0808 802 1414
• Informing Choices NI - Post Pregnancy Counselling - T:028 9031 6100
• Childline - Support for anyone under 19 years old - T: 0800 1111

Queen's University Belfast

• SU Advice - Students' Union independent advice service - E:studentadvice@qub.ac.uk
• QUB Student Wellbeing Service
• QUB Report and Support
• Insprire Counselling Service

Ulster University

• Student Wellbeing
• Counselling Service
• UUSU Advice Bureau