Country Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Year 2012
Type of Measure Coordinated and or Integrated service delivery > Integrated services delivery
Form of Violence Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence

Brief Description


At this Center, victims of Domestic Violence are able to receive counseling and support and are able to stay at the Shelter until other arrangements are made for the accommodation of themselves and their children . The Center provides a 24 hour Crisis Hotline, In- house counseling, support to clientele, telephone referrals, court advocacy services, and accompaniment and assistance through each stage of the judicial Process. This Center was established to enable police, counselors, advocates, health care professionals, and specialist service providers to work together to identify and track domestic abuse, support victims and bring offenders to justice.

Source of Information

The Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, National Review on the Beijing +20 2014, pg. 13