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GRPA targets men to help reduce violence against women

Jul 25, 2008 News

In recognition that the number of women prone to acts of violence have been mounting over the years, the Guyana Responsible Parenthood Association (GRPA) is working towards putting corrective measures in place which is likely to see men taking a leading role in helping to curb the daunting practice.
In fact, according to GRPA nurse, Sheila Yaw-Fraser, GRPA’s plans will be introduced through a Gender-Equity workshop which will be hosted today at the Regency Suite, Hadfield Street, Georgetown.
Today’s forum, according to Yaw-Fraser, will specifically target men from various cross-sections of the country, including those that are employed in both the private and public sectors as well as members of civil society.
Among the expected participants are members of the media and joint services, disk-jockeys, and other operatives of societies who have the potential capacity to foster change in their work environment.
Yaw-Fraser said that it is anticipated that the men will be able to gain a better understanding of gender-based violence which more often than not is characteristic of females being victims of violence due to unequal power relationships with men.
However, she advised that the primary objective of the forum is to create a cadre of men who can derive ways and implement programmes all geared at advocating for the reduction of violence against women.
According to her, the intent is in no way to create an association to address the issue but rather to simply have men at strategic points (in their workplaces) disseminating messages of change.
Additionally, Yaw-Fraser said that the GRPA initiative will be aptly aided by Help and Shelter, a body which has over the years been able to accumulate data on the reported incidences of violence in the local society.
And according to information from Help and Shelter, in just over a decade more than 7,000 persons have been abused in one way or another of which 6,692 were females.
Detailed statistics revealed that 5,736 persons were victims of spousal abuse, where 3,128 were physically abused, 1,461 were prone to non-physical or verbal abuse, 1,110 were subjected to alcohol/drug related abuse and 37 suffered abuse of a sexual nature.
Statistics also revealed that child abuse, including trafficking of persons, non-spousal abuse, and rape amounted to more than 1,900 victims.It has also been deduced that most victims fall within the 21-30 years age group, an amount which surpassed 2,300 this year.
Notable though was the fact that more than 3,000 victims are gainfully employed and the majority of those abused are of Afro-Guyanese descent.
And since it has been deduced that most incidences of abuse are perpetrated by men, then men should understandably be the ones being targeted to create change, according to Nurse Yaw-Fraser.
As such she said that today’s forum will see men being engaged in sessions of discussions with expert facilitators who will undoubtedly set the stage for needful change.

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