The Waterford Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre has seen an upsurge in the number of calls it's receiving this month.
It comes as today marks one year since the tragic killing of Offaly woman, Ashling Murphy.
The 23-year-old school teacher was murdered while going for a run along the Grand Canal in Tullamore.
11 women have been in Ireland since then.
Ann Scully, Manager of the Waterford Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre shared her thoughts one year on.
"Aisling Murphy's death seemed to have touched a nerve in the country," she said.
She believes it would be easy to get disheartened and think that very little has changed in relation to violence against women.
She told Déise Today, that the outrage expressed by Aisling's murder was huge and it has kept the conversation to the fore.
She said attitudes around violence are not easy to change.
"These attitudes are not easy attitudes to turn around," Anne said.
"What we are dealing with is having to change mindsets around violence against women "
In terms of the Waterford Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre, Anne says an influx of calls following the Christmas period is not uncommon.
"January tends to be the time where people think, 'I really do need to try and get my head around this in some way, try to deal with it in some way,'" she said.
Anne added that the government has made strides in the last year on the issue.
Helen McEntee launched the third strategy on Domestic, Sexual, and Gender-based Violence.
It's about having a zero-tolerance for violence against women in particular and it has already begun being implemented.
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If you have been affected by any of the information above, you can contact the Waterford Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre at 1800 77 8888.
