UWI Principal Issues Call To End Gender Based Violence

A call to stop Gender-Based Violence has been made by Pro Vice-Chancellor and Campus Principal at The UWI St. Augustine Campus, Professor Brian Copeland. This, after the recent murders of two female UWI St. Augustine graduates, Andrea Bharatt and Suzette Sylvester. Professor Copeland said the two pursued courses from the Institute of Gender and Development Studies (IGDS). He said the fact that both women were victims of gender-based violence means that, in spite of all the work done over the decades by the IGDS, much more needs to be done to eradicate this scourge. The Campus Principal is calling on all citizens, and men in particular, to take responsibility for creating and actively maintaining safe spaces for the most vulnerable. Professor Copeland said we owe it to Andrea and Suzette, and the many victims of gender-based violence, to drive a radical cultural and attitudinal change in this country.