There is growing concern about the alarming levels of violence, particularly sexual violence, against the region’s children and youth and the vexing issue will be addressed here today and tomorrow at the meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD).
Regrettably, there is a dearth of empirical evidence on the nature, genesis, extent, causes and impact of this beast, hence the attempts to tame it have not spawned the desired outcomes, the Caricom Secretariat said in a news feature yesterday.
Violence against the region’s children continues unabated and the 2006 United Nations Secretary-General’s Study on