The first National Conversa-tion on Domestic Violence, held at the Zeelugt Primary School on Wednesday, ended with calls for better access to counselling and more community interventions and initiatives to address economic empowerment.
Residents from along the West Coast participated in group discussions under the guidance of facilitators, a press release from the Ministry of Human Services said.
Prior to the discussions, Minister within the Ministry of Finance Juan Edghill had urged participants to suggest possible solutions to the problem; contributing factors to the escalation of violence, specifically domestic violence and what individuals, communities and the state and its partners can do
