“Without the right investments, we will continue to see violence against women and girls.”
This is according to Ms Ann-Marie Williams, Deputy Programme Manager, Gender Development, CARICOM Secretariat, during the launch of the Secretariat’s annual 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence campaign.
Watch her full address below:
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What is gender based violence? “Gender-based violence is violence directed against a person because of that person’s gender or violence that affects persons of a particular gender disproportionately.”
The war in Israel is a good example. What are they saying about it to condemn Israel? As their acts are doing just that.
More locally, it has become accepted for women to physically and verbally assault men. but we dont speak about that now do we?
The universal movement for female supremacy under the guise of gender equality continues.