{"id":755036,"date":"2019-11-29T16:19:46","date_gmt":"2019-11-29T16:19:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/11\/29\/dovvsu-20-launched\/"},"modified":"2019-11-29T16:19:46","modified_gmt":"2019-11-29T16:19:46","slug":"dovvsu-20-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/29\/dovvsu-20-launched\/","title":{"rendered":"DOVVSU @20 Launched &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong><em>COP Prosper Agblor, COP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo Danquah, other members of the police management board in a group photograph with Adelaid Annor Kumi and other stakeholders represented at the launch<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana<br \/>\nPolice Service have launched the 20th anniversary of its establishment at the<br \/>\npolice headquarters in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the launch, the Minister of Interior, Ambrose Dery, in<br \/>\nan address advocated for zero tolerance for violence against women and children<br \/>\nin the country<\/p>\n<p>Dery whose speech was read on his behalf by Madam Adelaide Annor Kumi,<br \/>\nChief Director of the Ministry of Interior said violence against women and<br \/>\ngirls (VAWG) was the most widespread form of abuse worldwide, affecting one<br \/>\nthird of all women in their lifetime. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDiscrimination against women provides an authoritative explicit<br \/>\npicture of how the continuum of different forms of gender-based violence<br \/>\naffects women throughout their life cycle; and it is often exacerbated by<br \/>\ncultural, economic and political factors like displacement, globalization,<br \/>\nmilitarization and violent extremism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He revealed that violence against women and girls takes many<br \/>\ndifferent forms, including domestic violence, sexual assault and harassment,<br \/>\nchild\/early and forced marriage, sex trafficking, so called \u2018honor\u2019 crimes and<br \/>\nfemale genital mutilation.<\/p>\n<p>The Inspector General of Police, James Oppong Boanuah, whose speech<br \/>\nwas also read on his behalf by Commissioner of Police, Prosper Agblor, said the<br \/>\npolice administration was considering a proposal by DOVVSU officials to make<br \/>\nthe unit a directorate as part of its 20<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>He said having metamorphosed from Women and Juvenile Unit (WAJU) to<br \/>\nDOVVSU, the emphasis on arrest had also been replaced with victim support.<\/p>\n<p>He revealed that DOVVSU was created in 1998 as a specialized unit<br \/>\nfor victims to boldly lodge complains of abuse against them and had since been<br \/>\ndoing well.<\/p>\n<p>He commended stakeholders for their support in ensuring that victims<br \/>\nget support and justice.<\/p>\n<p>The Director General Of The\u00a0<br \/>\nCriminal Investigation Department (CID), Commissioner of Police, Maame<br \/>\nYaa Tiwaa Addo Danquah, in an address said the focal areas of DOVVSU includes<br \/>\npublic education on issues of domestic and gender based violence, empowerment<br \/>\nof women and children with respect to their rights, bringing perpetrators of<br \/>\ndomestic and gender based violence to book, supporting victims through<br \/>\ncounseling and working with other stakeholders to meet the needs of victims<br \/>\nthough building of effective support systems.<\/p>\n<p>She revealed that as part of its commitment to providing credible<br \/>\ninformation on SGBV and child related offences, DOVVSU assists the country with<br \/>\nreliable statistics to be able to respond to the request from the international<br \/>\ncommunity.<\/p>\n<p>Present at the ceremony were representatives of UNICEF, UNFPA and<br \/>\nother stakeholders and members of the police management board.<\/p>\n<p>The occasion was also used to commission the refurbished DOVVSU<br \/>\ncrises response center at the police hospital annex.<\/p>\n<p> <strong>(lindatenyah@gmail.com) <\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <strong>By Linda Tenyah-Ayettey <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COP Prosper Agblor, COP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo Danquah, other members of the police management board in a group photograph with Adelaid Annor Kumi and other stakeholders represented at the launch The Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service have launched the 20th anniversary of its establishment at the police [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":755037,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-755036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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