IT was a violent year for women in Trinidad and Tobago.
In 2020, 46 women were killedâ21 of them in domestic violence situationsârepresenting around 13 per cent of homicides this year.
The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) also reported that of 745 people reported missing for 2020, 416 were women and girls.
Reflecting on 2020, the Coalition for Domestic Violence (CADV) noted yesterday, âIn the year when the Domestic Violence Act was strengthened and the police established Gender-Based Violence Unit, 21 women were killed as a result of domestic violence and others sexually assaulted and murdered by people within their own families, social circles and strangers.â