‘Western Division tops domestic violence stats’

Western Division leads in family violence cases

The rise in family violence in the Western Division has prompted Minister for Women, Children and Social Protection, Sashi Kiran to call for urgent and decisive action. Speaking at the Salvation Army Family Care Center’s soft reopening in Lautoka, Kiran pointed out that two-thirds of women and five out of six children are victims of […]

‘Western Division tops domestic violence stats’

FIJI Police Force statistics show that the highest number of recorded cases of child abuse and domestic violence are from the Western Division, says Women, Children and Social Protection Minister Sashi Kiran. Ms Kiran was officiating at the reopening of the Salvation Army Family Care Centre in Lautoka yesterday. “The Western Division led the statistics, accounting for 37 per cent to 40 per cent of all reported cases of domestic violence against …