Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU)

Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) anɛ lʋgʋri bɛ Ghana Police Service. Di mɔr paŋ kanɛ gɔsid ban daamid pʋ’ab nɛ biis yaan.[1] DOVVSU mɔnrɛ gban’ar ye ba gu’, gban’ ka kpar nimbanɛ mugusidi ba taaba bɛɛ namisid pʋ’ab nɛ biisi ba yaan.[2]

Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit
organization
InceptionSawa'ar/Nwadispii nɛ yinne 1998 Dɛmisim gbɛlima
CountryGhana Dɛmisim gbɛlima
Headquarters locationAccra Dɛmisim gbɛlima

Lʋgʋr la sʋnidnɛ ka gu’ud nimbanɛ ka ba mugusidi ba ka la’asid nɛ Department of Social Welfare, International Federation of Women Lawyers nɛ Legal Aid Board. DOVVSU sʋŋid nimbanɛ ka ba digin nɛ ba ka di ka’ ban mɛŋ bɔɔdim, banɛ ka ba saansidi ba, banɛ ka ba faan ba nɛ banɛ ka ba nidib kɛɛsi ba bas.[3][4] DOVVSU paam paŋi yinɛ, yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ piswai nɛ ayi Ghana wada gbaʋŋ la (1992 Constitution of the Republic of Ghana), Police Service Act, Criminal and other Offences Act, Act 29/60, Children’s Act, Act, 560 /98, Juvenile Justice Act, Act 653/2003, Ghana Domestic Violence Act (Act 732) 2007.[5]

Din la’as si’em

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DOVVSU dinɛ ka ba da buon ye ‘Women and Juvenile Unit’ (WAJU) giŋa la da pin’ilnɛ yʋʋm tusir kɔbiswai nɛ piswai nɛ nii nwadis piiga la ni (October 1998) ye di an lʋgʋr kanɛ bɛ di kɔn’ ka zanl tadimnam mugʋsʋg yɛla. Ka ba yʋ’ʋn tisi di yʋ’ʋpaal ye Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit yʋʋm tusa ayi nɛ anu la ni (2005), di anɛ pʋlis banɛ mɔri ba ɔfisnam region tɛmpʋtita’ar wʋsa ni ka bɛ districtnam bɛdigʋ Ghana.[6]

  1. http://197.253.65.120/about%20us.html
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20190526123058/https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Be-bold-to-report-any-form-of-abuse-DOVVSU-381608
  3. https://womensphere.wordpress.com/2008/07/19/domestic-violence-and-victim-support-unit-dovvsu-and-domestic-violence-legislation-in-ghana/
  4. https://www.modernghana.com/news/317627/the-law-and-gender-based-violence.html
  5. http://197.253.65.120/about%20us.html
  6. https://www.refworld.org/docid/45f147367.html