The Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service in the Central Region recorded 2,668 cases of domestic violence in 2016.<\/p>\n
The figure was a reduction comparing it to that of 2015 figure of 3,314.<\/p>\n
Some of the cases included, neglect of parental duties, defilement, child stealing, forced marriage, causing unlawful damage, assault, rape, exposing child to harm and criminal abortion.<\/p>\n
The Central Regional Coordinator of DOVVSU, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) George Appiah-Sakyi told the media on Monday that 199 of the reported cases were rape, defilement, sexual harassment and incest related.<\/p>\n
He said assault cases topped the list with 797 cases followed by non-maintenance with 651 cases, 180 for threat of death and 138 being defilement cases.<\/p>\n
He said records available to the Unit for the past five years showed that assault cases, which hitherto placed second, topped the list.<\/p>\n
He said the Unit recorded 131 abduction cases compared to 71 in 2015 while kidnapping cases increased significantly from two in 2015 to 38 in the year under review.<\/p>\n
He indicated that majority of the cases came from Cape Coast and its immediate settlements, including Elmina, Mankessim, Kasoa, Agona Swedru and Assin Fosu.<\/p>\n
DSP Appiah-Sakyi blamed the high number of non-maintenance cases on broken homes, large family sizes, poverty and unwanted pregnancies.<\/p>\n
He advised that family planning be embraced.<\/p>\n
The Unit in collaboration with United Nations Population Fund and some Non-Governmental Organizations organized a number of sensitization workshops to help stop gender and sexual based violence.<\/p>\n
The DOVVSU boss\u00a0however said sensitization activities and education on the need to end domestic violence for a healthy family and society would be intensified across the Region in the coming years.<\/p>\n
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Source: GNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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