The “archaic” law which sends young girls to the Government Industrial School for a minimum of three years is up for reform.
Attorney General and Minister of Home Affairs Adriel Brathwaite said he was addressing the issue, and that he should have a policy paper to present to Cabinet by the end of April.
It was “a bit disgraceful” that Barbados should still have this law in place, he said.
He was speaking Saturday after a tour of a new Fortesque, St Philip women’s facility which he has given his stamp of approval.
The Women’s Inner Spiritual Healing (WISH) Centre, which is expected to be opened in the summer by the United Caribbean Trust (UCT), will provide accommodation, rehabilitation and support for teenagers and women who have been abused, are addicted to drugs or are involved in prostitution.
Brathwaite told members of the media the issue of human trafficking was very much in his focus and that he was chairing a committee which was recently established to look into the issue.
Abuse of young boys and girls is also under the microscope, he said.
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