Georgetown : It is expected that the law enforcement response to gender-based violence reports will be strengthened for several countries as selected officers embark on a two week internship programme with the Ottawa (Canada) Police Services Department.
The training programme forms part of the cooperation developed between the Barbados-based UN WOMEN Caribbean office, the Association of Caribbean Commissioners of Police and the Ottawa Police Services Department under the UN WOMEN Strengthening State Accountability and Community Action to End Gender Based Violence’ Project which seeks to support the justice and security sectors and the non-governmental sector in their efforts to reduce violence against women.
The 10 from Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis and St. Vincent and the Grenadines will be in Ottawa from 11-22 April 2011.
The officers will undergo training in the Management of Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence which include a focus on sexual and intimate partner assault, legal issues around domestic violence; the judicial response, victim support and domestic violence investigation procedures.
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