Motions
Protection of our Nation’s Women
House of Representatives - 4th Session - 11th Republican Parliament
WHEREAS the United Nations established seventeen (17) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to transform the world by 2030;
AND WHEREAS the second target under SDG number five (5) states, “the elimination all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitationâ€;
AND WHEREAS women are increasingly becoming victims of domestic abuse, violent crime and human trafficking in Trinidad and Tobago;
BE IT RESOLVED that the Government take urgent steps to ensure the protection of our nation’s women.
(By the Member for Fyzabad)