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Agencies collaborate to fight child abuse
Feminitt founder Ashlee Burnett
THE restrictions surrounding Covid19 have put children at increased risk of abuse. Several agencies are working together to provide assistance to children and educate the public on the issue, including the creation of educational campaigns and digital apps.
Last week, the webinar ‘Reimagining and Rebuilding a World without Violence against Children?’, organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean and UNICEF Eastern Caribbean Area and hosted by the Spotlight Initiative, a global, multi-year partnership between the European Union and the United Nations to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls, highlighted some of the initiatives being carried out to prevent and respond to child abuse in Trinidad and Tobago.
PLOTT calls for adoption of policy on sexual, gender-based violence
Saturday 12 December 2020
FEMINITT founder Ashlee Burnett holds a sign that says To end GBV we must hold perpetrators accountable during the Chalkback TT initiative against gender-based violence on Brian Lara Promenade, Port of Spain on Thursday. PLOTT on Saturday called for the adoption of the national policy on gender-based and sexual violence. PHOTO BY AYANNA KINSALE -
AS the national discussion on protecting women from assault continues, the Powerful Ladies of TT (PLOTT) is again calling for the adoption of the national strategic plan on gender-based and sexual violence.
In a media release on Saturday, PLOTT called on the Government and Judiciary to address proposed recommendations such as effective policing with an efficient court system; user-friendly support systems for victims; increased support for NGOs to address domestic violence/gender-based violence; introduction of more programmes for perpetrato