Human Services Minister Jennifer Webster on Tuesday said men must recognise the need to treat women with
respect and protect them.
She was at the time addressing an inter-faith service in observance of International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, on the lawns of her Ministry at Lamaha and East streets.
According to a Government Information Agency (GINA) report, the activity, which was held under the theme “From peace in the home to peace in the world, let us end gender based violence,” represented the start of 16 days of activism to promote the elimination of violence against women.
Webster, in her address, noted that 10 women in Guyana have died at the hands of their partners so far in 2014 and more than 20 were killed in 2013 as a result of domestic violence.
