Domestic violence and suicides have increased in Jaffna following the end of the armed conflict on the island more than seven years ago according to a counsellor based in the North-East, reports the New Indian Express.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, the counsellor said that “domestic violence, mainly in the form of wife beating, is increasing in Jaffna making it a significant social evil here”.
The incidence is particularly increasing amongst men who were themselves victims of torture at the hands of Sri Lankan security forces and was having widespread effects on women and children in the area, report the Express.
Women have since seen higher rates of suicides, whilst “the new culture of social impunity” has also seen an increase an anti-social behaviour from children, the paper reported.
The report comes amidst an increase of illegal drug usage across the North-East, which civil society activists and politicians say has been contributing to the breakdown of the social fabric of the North-East.
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