Tag: domestic violence
Father must pay for beating
A father, who beat his son’s mother after he tried to talk to her about the child’s maintenance, was fined and placed on a...
Victims of violence still struggling in silence
There is a worrying increase in domestic violence cases.
According to data from the Barbados Police Service, Barbados recorded a 21 per cent increase in...
Plan for domestic violence
Barbados is working towards developing a Roadmap for a National Domestic Violence Action Plan, which will strengthen its domestic violence response framework.
To this end,...
Domestic violence ‘destroying families’
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE is at the root cause of the destruction of many families.
So said child rights advocate, Shelly Ross, who added that societal changes...
Rise in abuse ‘may be linked’ to Covid-19
The incidence of coronavirus in Barbados may be low, but the pandemic could be responsible for a rise in domestic violence.
This suggestion was made...