{"id":6596,"date":"2020-08-18T17:39:56","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T21:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drealfmgrenada.com\/?p=6596"},"modified":"2020-08-18T17:39:56","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T21:39:56","slug":"1-in-every-3-women-in-grenada-will-experience-intimate-partner-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drealfmgrenada.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/18\/1-in-every-3-women-in-grenada-will-experience-intimate-partner-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"1 In Every 3 women In Grenada Will Experience Intimate Partner Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"

1 in every 3 women in Grenada has or will experience Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) in their lifetime.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The first comprehensive national survey on gender-based violence (GBV) in Grenada revealed that 29% of all women experienced at least one form of violence, in line with the global average that 1 in 3 women will experience physical and or sexual violence during their lifetime.<\/p>\n

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These findings are only a small fraction of the data available via the \u201cCaribbean Women Count: The Ending Violence against Women and Girls Data Hub.\u201d The result of a collaboration between UN Women and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), the hub provides data from 5 national reports on GBV prevalence in an easily accessible and interactive virtual space.<\/p>\n

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Prime Minister of Grenada, Dr. the Right Honourable Keith Mitchell, delivering feature remarks to launch the hub said, \u201cSisters and brothers, violence against women and girls hurts the moral fabric of our society. Let us redouble our efforts to stamp out this human rights violation that is robbing them of their pride, dignity and sense of well-being and security.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Grenada Women\u2019s Health and Life Experiences Survey was conducted using the Caricom model, a measurement adapted from the original World Health Organisation (WHO) global model for assessing the prevalence of violence against women in the Caribbean. The key findings reveal that emotional abuse, the most common form of IPV; and physical violence are more prevalent than sexual violence:<\/p>\n