Gender-based violence training underway in Toledo

Posted: Saturday, August 9, 2014. 10:51 am CST.

Domestic Violence training

August 9, 2014. JUAN CAAL Reporting: The second part of a series of workshops on gender-based violence is being held today at the Julian Cho Technical High School auditorium.

Alcaldes, second alcaldes, chairmen and vice-chairmen from different communities across the Toledo district are attending the day-long forum.

The forum is organized by the Women’s Department and facilitated by the Executive Director of the National Women’s Commission Pulcheria Teul, with support from Lorraine Johnson, from the Toledo branch of the Women’s Department.

During the discussion period, the leaders brought up various issues confronting them in their respective communities including husbands abusing their wives, public drinking, children and youth misbehaving and other concerns.

According to the organizers the training is to help all the leaders to acquire first hand knowledge of what could be possible contributing factors of gender-based violence and possible ways of addressing them utilizing the Domestic Violence Act.

Gender-based violence

Gender-based violence

Gender-based violence

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