{"id":26334,"date":"2025-02-08T23:42:23","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T23:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26334"},"modified":"2025-02-08T23:42:24","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T23:42:24","slug":"guyana-records-33-decrease-in-domestic-violence-related-murders-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/guyana-records-33-decrease-in-domestic-violence-related-murders-in-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyana Records 33% Decrease in Domestic Violence-Related Murders in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Celestine Chacon | January 14, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At her ministry\u2019s year-end press conference, Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Dr. Vindhya Persaud, announced a significant milestone in combating domestic violence in Guyana, revealing a 33% reduction in murders linked to domestic violence in 2024. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This reduction is attributed to various initiatives and improvements in the country&#8217;s response to gender-based violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 912-hotline, a critical tool in this effort, received over 14,000 calls last year, 293 of which were directly related to domestic violence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This hotline allowed for timely interventions and better monitoring of violent incidents throughout the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Persaud highlighted the creation of a comprehensive model to respond to gender-based violence, stating, <em>\u201cGuyana for the first time has a comprehensive model to respond to gender-based violence&#8230; we saw a decrease in the murders related to domestic violence by 33 percent, and it speaks to a lot of the work we are doing which includes our 912 hotline.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Persaud also discussed the work of the Hope and Justice Centre, which provides victims of domestic violence with essential services like counselling and legal aid. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ministry&#8217;s partnership with the Guyana Bar Association has seen the Legal Pro Bono Unit handle 500 cases annually, with thousands more benefiting from legal advice and support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, Dr. Persaud spoke about the introduction of the Family Violence Act of 2024, a new legal framework aimed at addressing both civil and criminal matters related to family violence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She reaffirmed her ministry\u2019s ongoing commitment to reducing domestic violence and enhancing support systems for victims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Celestine Chacon | January 14, 2025 At her ministry\u2019s year-end press conference, Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Dr. Vindhya Persaud, announced a significant milestone in combating domestic&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25619,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26334","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=26334"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26335,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26334\/revisions\/26335"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}