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PM Discusses Gender-Based Violence

Prime Minister Philip Davis addressing growing concerns over gender-based violence (GBV) in the country during a National Discretionary Law Review forum, Thursday.

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February 17, 2022

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United Nations committee member Marion Methel believes the discussions must include the discrimination that marginalized women with intersecting identities still face in the country.

In recent weeks, the country has seen a spike in violence against women, stirring public outcry. Social Services Minister Obie Wilchcombe believes this violence is deeply rooted in gender inequality.

Speaking at the national gender-based violence law review forum, he added the public shares a responsibility in ending violence against women.

United Nations committee member Marion Methel believes the discussions must include the discrimination that marginalized women with intersecting identities still face in the country.

In recent weeks, the country has seen a spike in violence against women, stirring public outcry. Social Services Minister Obie Wilchcombe believes this violence is deeply rooted in gender inequality.

However, he asserted modernizing the country’s laws to fight gender-based violence is not enough.