New head of GRPA joins forces with others to help fight gender-based violence

Patricia Sheerattan-Bisnauth

A woman is beaten within an inch of her life by her partner and is forced to seek refuge with a friend whose husband then starts to make sexual advances. And all this as one of her sons is taken away by the authorities and the other sells plastic bags on the road to help supplement their income.

And as this woman waits for a broken leg to heal and struggles to find direction in her life, another is also beaten and daily tormented by her reputed husband who does not allow her to leave the home unaccompanied. When she can’t take it any more and has charges instituted against him, she faces the brunt of a slothful justice system which puts her