The Women in Action Network (WiAN) continues to demand answers from Minister of Home Affairs Wilfred Abrahams, about the condition of the girls housed at the Government Industrial School (GIS), as well as the findings on the recent departmental inquiry. Yesterday, WiAN submitted several questions to the media which the group is putting to the minister. The email noted: “The Women in Action Network has taken note of the . …
A week before the conclusion of a departmental inquiry into the Government Industrial School (GIS), two female wards have been charged by police with assaulting a staff member. A 16-year-old girl and a 13-year-girl, both wards of the Barrows, St Lucy institution, are due to appear before a Magistrate today. The assault allegedly occurred last Saturday at Barrows, when pandemonium broke out at the school again and a craft teacher …
A number of organisations are dedicating efforts to eliminating the abuse of youth in Barbados. The groups and women from all cross sections of society and the diaspora met on May 1 to discuss strategies with specific focus on wards of the Government Industrial School. (GIS). A media statement said “this group of organisations and passionate individuals will continue to network and collaborate on several initiatives that support the safety and holistic wellbeing of the wards …
The international icon and former South African president Nelson Mandela, speaking at the May 1995 launch of his nation’s Children’s Fund, said: “There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children.”A fair examination of Barbados’ notable and hefty investments in education, health care and other facilities for children certainly offers ample evidence that this island values this vulnerable group, as it should.Our children are indeed the leaders and decision-makers of the future and deserve a solid foundation to reach their full potential.So, if there are cracks in any established system, particularly those that cater to our children’s needs, we must own up to these faults and fix them expeditiously to ensure we don’t fall behind.The developments at the girls’ section of the Government Industrial School at Barrows, St Lucy are fault lines that cry out for resolution.
Minister of Home Affairs and Information, Wilfred Abrahams, has stated that the safe return of two wards of the girls division of the Government Industrial School at Barrows, St Lucy is a priority of the Ministry of Home Affairs, following an incident there over the weekend. He issued the following statement: The two girls absconded under circumstances that are now under investigation, but even as resources are focused in that …