The University of Guyana (UG) in collaboration with UNICEF and the Judiciary, on Monday launched the course—Understanding and Addressing Gender-Based Violence—which is aimed at being a practitioners’ guide for members of the legal profession in Guyana and the event heard how the COVID-19 pandemic has deepened the problem.
Vice-Chancellor, Professor Paloma Mohamed-Martin said that as part of the University’s efforts to arrest the scourge of Gender-Based Violence (GBV), plans are also in train for the launch of a course against domestic violence for the general public.
This, she said, will be launched on November 25th. She revealed, too, that a version of this course will be specially tailored for young people—teenagers— and school-aged children below the age of 12.