Madam Speaker. I would like to bring to your attention an article written on domestic violence featured in the New York CaribNews for the week ending March 25. 2008 on "Domestic Violence. A Scourge in the CaribbeanWomen Suffer at Mens Hands in Almost Every Country." Domestic violence is an ill that plagues many communities but is especially prevalent in immigrant communities as highlighted by a recent State Department human rights report. Domestic violence primarily affects women and children and mostly girls. The violence is often at the hands of fathers or male authority figures in the family or community. Despite tougher laws and penalties. domestic violence continues as a "significant social problem." Often victims of domestic violence are reluctant to report incidents of abuse due to the stigmatism that it carries and fear of reprisal from their abusers.
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