{"id":15792,"date":"2024-01-24T17:25:43","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T17:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=15792"},"modified":"2024-01-24T17:25:44","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T17:25:44","slug":"hope-and-justice-centre-opens-at-lusignan-to-support-victims-of-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/hope-and-justice-centre-opens-at-lusignan-to-support-victims-of-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"Hope and Justice Centre Opens at Lusignan to Support Victims of Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>A new Hope and Justice Center has been inaugurated at Lusignan on the East Coast of Demerara, providing a comprehensive range of social, legal, medical, and other services for victims of sexual, domestic, and gender-based violence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The facility is the first of its kind not only in Guyana but also in CARICOM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, highlighted that the center will offer social services, probation services, counseling, medical services, legal services, and aims to have a permanent police presence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Josiah-Justice-Centre-1.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The facility is strategically located in close proximity to health centers, police stations, and magistrates\u2019 courts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nandlall emphasized that the government is not only providing infrastructure and support services but is also enhancing Guyana\u2019s legal framework to prevent and bring justice in cases of domestic violence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He mentioned the upcoming Family Violence Bill, which is expected to significantly improve how these cases are handled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Dr. Vindhya Persaud, stated that the comprehensive model of the center would be replicated across the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Josiah-Justice-Centre-2.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The facility&#8217;s design and model take into account the nuances and details related to gender-based violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Hope and Justice Centre is a collaborative effort between the Ministries of Legal Affairs and Human Services, with support from the Inter-American Development Bank\u2019s Support for the Criminal Justice System (SCJS) program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new Hope and Justice Center has been inaugurated at Lusignan on the East Coast of Demerara, providing a comprehensive range of social, legal, medical, and other services for victims&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15793,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-local-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15792"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15796,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15792\/revisions\/15796"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}