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– Human Services Minister ManickchandBy Gary EleazarDomestic violence, primarily against women, appears to be on the upsurge, and this is an especially worrying phenomenon, according to Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Priya Manickchand, who said that she was extremely perturbed given the amount of alternatives that are available.“What we have seen in the last couple of weeks is really horrific in terms of women being beaten and killed.”The minister said that there is now the need to have a heightened awareness campaign. “Much has been done by the ministry to bring awareness, but there is an obvious need to do more.”Manickchand noted that there is a shelter where the ministry could relocate the abused as well as provide them with some level of financial assistance that could be provided to battered spouses.She added that this was in place, given that on many occasions it is a financial dependence on the abuser that causes the victim to stay in relationships and endure the agony.The minister said, too, that in some cases the abused person holds to the idea that the abuser will change, but in the majority of cases this is not so. “We have the service, but you have to avail yourself of the service…We can’t be knocking on each door across the country to find out if a person is being abused in the home and tell what help is available.”Marian D’AguiarShe also noted that the police have to do more, especially in light of reports that abused persons turn up dead. It is only then that one hears that several reports to the police were proffered and no significant action was taken.Recently, when the minister launched a domestic violence campaign, the police and Minister of Home Affairs were invited to make a presentation. The latter lambasted the police for their attitude as it relates to their handling of reports of domestic violence.He had noted that, on many occasions, many of the ranks were not properly equipped to handle the reports.He said that, given the lack of knowledge and experience among ranks, a curriculum should be introduced at the Felix Austin Police College (FAPC) as it relates to domestic violence and how ranks could better function when it comes to complaints of domestic violence.“It is expected that the police must be knowledgeable, at least in the rudiments of the Act (Domestic Violence Act 1996).”Nafeeza KhanRohee also noted that cooperation at the time of report and subsequent actions are based on how educated the officer was.He said that each policeman must have as many leaflets and educational material as is possible, and be exposed to as many lectures on the issue as possible.“From top to bottom, there should be no equivocation when cases of domestic violence are reported.”The Home Affairs Minister had also proffered the explanation that the reasons for the hurdles may lie in Guyana’s cultural heritage,Martellus Bennett Patriots Jersey UK, hence, “It is embedded in people.”He also said that in some cases, the police at the stations are usually reluctant to take reports, given that past experience has taught that reports made by women are usually against their husbands, who in most cases are the sole breadwinners of the homes. The report is then subsequently recanted.He emphasised, “The police rank taking a report must be able to explain the nature of complaint and put (the abuser) before the court.”Rohee did concede,Brett Favre Packers Jersey UK, however, that at times the police may have adopted a non-supportive attitude,Ross Cockrell Steelers Jersey UK, which is justified by the fact that the very police rank is a “product of our society and condones violence against women.”Police, in the future, must adopt a new approach to domestic violence. “The new approach must manifest itself in cases put before the court.”Rohee noted that one of the weaknesses observed was the reluctance of the police to be aggressively involved in taking and following up on complaints of domestic violence.“I believe, as Minister of Home Affairs, that more effective and aggressive policing is required.”Reports to the police on cases of domestic violence doubled in 2007, as against the previous year.“There were 1,078 reports in 2006, compared to 3,621in 2007.’Fiona McPhersonRohee added that the figures only represented cases that were reported. “Bear in mind there are many cases that are not reported and recorded.”Most alarming, according to Rohee, was that in Berbice, the year 2006 saw 275 reported cases of domestic violence, whereas last year there were 1,890 reported cases.The Home Affairs Minister also noted that there needs to be improvement in the current weak monitoring and record keeping of domestic violence.“I strongly support mandatory report and monitoring for convicted domestic violence perpetrators, the same as with deportees.”He added also that as he traversed the country,Tedy Bruschi Patriots Jersey UK, it was also observed that different police stations record domestic violence differently, and he advocated for a standardised way of recording the offence.“There must be a specific record keeping book in which only domestic violence is recorded”.He noted, too, that the efficiency with which the police ranks carry out their duties must not depend on the attitude of individual ranks at a station.Rather, the treatment of any person approaching a police station must be professional and based on established protocols.One week ago, a Lethem housewife was hospitalized after a brutal beating.Marian D’Aguiar, 28, said that she was severely beaten by her reputed husband, and suffered injuries to her head and other parts of her body when she was beaten with an object containing a padlock and long rod.D’Aguiar had reported that her reputed husband becomes abusive whenever he is under the influence of alcohol.Last year, during an abusive episode, she sustained an injury to her right eye and had to be rushed to Georgetown to undergo surgery.  Also, in July, she suffered two fractured ribs.This month, horror struck the West Coast community of Goed Fortuin when Nafeeza Khan, 22,Mohamed Sanu Sr Falcons Jersey UK, was savagely murdered by her reputed husband of five years, Mohan Basdeo, 34, at their home in the Goed Fortuin squatting area.The couple had apparently been having marital problems for the five years which they were together.According to neighbours, Khan’s death comes as no surprise to them, as the couple  was constantly fighting.A part-time butcher also went berserk recently, at D’Edward Village, West Coast Berbice, hacking his wife to death and stabbing his mother-in-law with a pitchfork before fleeing.Trevlyn Nicholson, 23,Tom Brady Patriots Jersey UK, was chased from her home through a street in the village, and chopped on the legs, back and head, before eventually collapsing and dying in front of a church from a gaping wound to her neck.Before killing his wife, the suspect, identified as Andy Nicholson, attacked his mother-in-law, Rolene Alexander, 47, with a pitchfork, stabbing her in the head, hand and forehead.However, the woman managed to escape and seek refuge in a neighbour’s house.She was later treated at the Fort Wellington Hospital before being transferred last night to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation.In July, a former security guard confessed to strangling his wife in a fit of jealousy and hiding her body under a bed at their Lot 12, Supply, East Bank Demerara home.The victim, 24-year-old Fiona Mc Pherson, was found lying on her back under her bed at around 07:30 hrs yesterday.Her hands were bound behind her back with a long-sleeved shirt, while a vest was knotted around her throat.Mc Pherson’s 33-year-old husband turned himself over to police at Reliance, East Canje Berbice,Dwight Freeney Falcons Jersey UK, some four hours after his wife’s body was discovered.Asked about a possible motive for the brutal killing,Andre Tippett Patriots Jersey UK, relatives of the slain woman said that the couple had a stormy relationship.According to an uncle of the dead woman,Joe Greene Steelers Jersey UK, Fiona and her husband had been married for several years, but the relationship had soured and the couple argued frequently.The pattern that is clearly identifiable in the mentioned murders was one of abuse prior to the actual slaying.Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Priya Manickchand