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Women were reminded that “there is life after abuse” during an anti-domestic violence event last week. Crystal Swan, the Executive Officer at Government House, said that she knew people who overcame their experiences and achieved new goals. She was s...

The creation of a gender affairs office was called for today as Bermuda prepared to mark the United Nations’ International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Victoria Cunningham, selected to fight Devonshire North Central at the next ...

A lot of people don’t want to talk about it. Domestic violence takes such a horrible toll on women: physical abuse, emotional abuse, mental scarring that lasts years and is forever etched in our minds. The depth of the physical, emotional, and menta...

Police have identified the 28-year-old woman who was found dead in a Smith’s Parish home on Thursday as Morissa Moniz. Miss Moniz was found in an unresponsive state after police responded to a reported domestic incident, a Bermuda Police Service s...

The leader of an organisation set up to help victims of domestic violence said assistance was available around the clock. Laurie Shiell Smith, the executive director of the Centre Against Abuse, highlighted that a 24-hour hotline was available. Ms S...

A free webinar about women’s wellness will help to mark breast cancer awareness this month. The session will be hosted by the Women’s Resource Centre and feature Alaire Godfrey, the managing director at Ultimate Imaging Diagnostic Services. Tina Laws...

The leader of a crisis support service offered advice to people in quarantine who suffered domestic violence. Laurie Shiell, the Centre Against Abuse executive director, said that the need to stay at home under coronavirus rules sometimes meant exte...

An ambitious plan for a home for at-risk mothers and children is “rounding the last corner”, the charity leading the effort said yesterday. Sheelagh Cooper, the chairwoman of Habitat for Humanity Bermuda said another $50,000 was needed for the finish...

If there is one lesson to take away from New York Attorney-General Letitia James’s report on sexual harassment allegations against Andrew Cuomo, the Governor of New York, it’s a boring and decidedly dispassionate one: fair and thorough processes may ...

Dear Sir, I write further to the article entitled “Calls for specialist domestic violence court”, which appeared on Page 6 of the May 31, 2021 edition of The Royal Gazette. Please be advised that I take issue with the comments made in the said articl...

Bermuda has failed victims of domestic abuse, a senator has claimed. Robin Tucker, an Opposition senator, said more protections were needed for victims and that the island would benefit from a specialist domestic violence court. Charity leaders backe...

This year, “I choose to challenge” was the theme of International Women’s Month. In the spirit of this, I have elected to challenge our government to work to improve the protection of women and others who are harassed and abused, and to ban the non-d...