"For another year, as we join the international community in commemorating International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, I call on each citizen of Trinidad and Tobago to do more to stop violence in all forms.
While some progress has been made, violence against women in Trinidad and Tobago remains at unacceptably high levels.
The statistics are not encouraging, and are, in fact, cause for deep concern. A recent report by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) shows that one in three women in our country would have experienced violence at the hands of an intimate partner. In 2017, 43 of the 52 women murder were due to domestic violence. For 2018 so far, 28 women have been murdered." - Kamla Persad Bissessar : Opposition Leader
According to the Global Database on Violence against Women:
Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:
Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :30 %
Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 6 %
Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : 19 %
Child Marriage :11 %
https://evaw-global-database.unwomen.org/en/countries/americas/trinidad-and-tobago
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