Almost five years ago when this column first appeared, it detailed a battered woman’s struggle with a system that was not friendly to women like her, and dealing with her abuser whose only intent was for her to return to their matrimonial home.
She had left her husband following physical abuse and he had approached the Probation and Welfare Office, but after the officer who summoned her learned that abuse was involved, she was advised to make a formal report. (Read her experience published in January 2017: https://www.stabroeknews.com/2017/01/29/sunday/battered-wifes-perplexing-experience/)
In a follow-up published on May 14 2017, this sister, who was given the pseudonym Mavis, said she was indecisive about reuniting with her husband, but it was obvious that was her intention. She did eventually reconcile with her husband, but it did not last. She left after just over a year.
