The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security (MoHSSS) responded to 15,000 reports through its 914 hotline and had 12,000 interventions from the Survivors Advocate programme during last year.
“This year alone, we received over 15,000 calls on 914, when compared to the 12,000 received last year. For the Survivors Advocate programme, we had over 12,000 interventions. Helping those survivors of Gender-Based violence,” Minister of Human Services, Dr Vindhya Persaud announced during her presentation on the budget yesterday.