Giving more recognition to men’s achievements to boost morale and developing programmes that focus on the perpetrators of violence against women are among proposals by interest groups to address domestic violence.
The recommendations emerged out of a one-day forum, organised by the Women and Gender Equality Commission in collaboration with the United States Agency for International Develop-ment/ Gover-nance Enhance-ment Projec (USAID/GEP), held at the Pegasus Hotel, in Georgetown on Thursday.
The forum was organised in recognition of International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and saw participation from a cross section of organisations and interest groups and their major recommendations are expected to be taken to legislators in the National Assembly, and minor ones to agencies and organisations for implementation.
“We will take all the recommendations and we will set up a working group to look at the issues,” Chairperson of
