{"id":23390,"date":"2024-10-08T14:01:48","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T14:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=23390"},"modified":"2024-10-08T14:01:49","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T14:01:49","slug":"ministry-of-human-services-and-social-security-expands-shelter-network-for-victims-of-gender-based-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/ministry-of-human-services-and-social-security-expands-shelter-network-for-victims-of-gender-based-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry of Human Services and Social Security Expands Shelter Network for Victims of Gender-Based Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Nakasia Logan | September 25, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security is set to expand its shelter network to better support victims of gender-based violence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Dr. Vindhya Persaud announced this initiative at the recent Gender-Based Violence Health Symposium, emphasizing the need for enhanced safety measures for victims of domestic violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Persaud outlined plans to establish temporary safe homes within communities through the Community Advocacy Network (CAN). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These locations will be confidential, accessible only to those within the network. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her remarks addressed concerns regarding the safety of domestic violence victims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the ministry is focusing on creating safe homes specifically for women. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This initiative aims to provide a secure environment for those fleeing violent situations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, the ministry is looking to expand its rent assistance program, which offers three months of support to help individuals experiencing violence transition out of their unsafe environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These initiatives reflect the ministry&#8217;s commitment to combating violence and providing essential support to victims, ensuring they have the necessary resources to rebuild their lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Nakasia Logan | September 25, 2024 The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security is set to expand its shelter network to better support victims of gender-based violence. Minister&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":23367,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23390","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\/23390","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=23390"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23391,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23390\/revisions\/23391"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}