Quinton Devlin has written a newspaper editorial to mark the beginning tomorrow of the international '16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence.'
He said Solomon Islands has a very low crime rate by global standards, but family violence, mostly against women and girls, out-numbers and out-ranks all other crimes committed in the country.
He said studies show about two in every three women in the Solomons have experienced physical or sexual violence from a partner and that the first sexual experience for more than one in three Solomons' women was forced or coerced.
