00:00High Commissioner of Trinidad and Tobago to Jamaica, Deborah Thomas-Felix, says women in Trinidad and Tobago face fewer structural
00:09barriers than in many other parts of the world, noting that opportunities exist for women to excel once they remain
00:17disciplined and determined.
00:18She also points to the long-standing concern that women often do significant work but receive less recognition, stressing that
00:27equal effort must be met with equal pay and proper acknowledgement.
00:32The whole idea is blocking all the noise and staying focused and persevering to get to wherever you have to
00:41go.
00:41The High Commissioner also addresses the crime situation locally, referencing the recent brazen double murder at a playground in Koova.
00:50It broke my heart and I'm sure it broke everybody's heart.
00:55And my fear is and my concern is, is that that type of savagery where you shoot the father, the
01:05mother is running to protect her child,
01:07you shoot the mother in front of the child and everyone who is in the field, including other children at
01:14that time,
01:15that type of savagery, I am very concerned that that type of behaviour could be normalised.
01:24The former Deputy Chief Magistrate warns that repeated exposure to such incidents could cause society to become desensitised to violence,
01:34adding that confronting crime requires more than policing alone, but a collective national effort to safeguard the conscience and wellbeing
01:44of the society.
01:45To me it is beyond the judiciary, it is beyond the government, it is beyond law enforcement.
01:54The issue of crime, there must be a collective approach.
01:58It must be that all of us come together and say as a society, this is unacceptable.
02:07It must be.
02:08It is a serious concern.
02:10Nicole M. Romany, TV6 News.
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