A key pillar of Singapore's family violence management framework is the prevention of family violence, said a government senior official Friday.
Speaking at a charity event, Lim Hwee Hua, Senior Minister of State for Finance and Transport, said the government's desired outcomes included the reduction in the incidence of family violence cases in Singapore as well as greater awareness among the public on how to seek help and to do so early.
She noted recent trends in family violence in Singapore, saying victims of family violence are usually women and their children.
A Subordinate Courts' study on the profile of family violence cases showed that 82 percent of all complainants, referring to those who have filed for personal protection orders, were female.
Spousal violence is the most widespread form of family violence in Singapore. In 2007, 60 percent of the applicants were wives of perpetrators while 10 percent were husbands.
Ex-spouses accounted for 10 percent of the applications. The final 20 percent were made up of other family members such as siblings or parents of perpetrators.
In 2007 alone, the courts filed some 2,500 personal protection orders (PPO) and domestic exclusion orders (DEO).
Lim said, the number of the orders "serves as a proxy indicator of public awareness of sources of help and also reflects the increasing willingness among victims to seek help for their own safety and that of their children."
Source: Xinhua
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