“I feel bad because they come out of my belly. When I was younger I take care of them and now they get big they turn they back on me. Is all them years I getting abuse and now I want to try and live me life in peace like they want me stay with dem father and tek more abuse.”
Fifty-year-old Kamanie Persaud said she has suffered over 30 years of abuse at the hands of her husband with whom she shares six children. She is attempting to leave, but so far it has been difficult. She has been forced to abandon her home, which she said she built with support from her extended family. Her children and her husband’s family have not been supportive of her since she reported his last attack to the police, and he was charged.
