Life Rescue Mission, a non-governmental organisation, is to establish a community based anti-violence teams in 20 communities in the country. Teams would be tasked to train 50 queen mothers on domestic violence issues. The NGO will sensitise the queen mothers and other stakeholders who uphold traditional practices that violate the rights of women and children and educate them on the need to abolish such practices. Mr. Daniel Borti, Executive Director of LRM, announced this in Tamale on Wednesday at the opening of a three-days workshop on: "Domestic human rights abuse: Using the female teachers as agents and guides". The workshop, which was organised by LRM, is supported by the German Embassy and had in attendance female teachers from basic and second cycle schools in the Tamale Metropolis, the Savelugu/Nanton District and the Tolon/Kumbungu District. He said the NGO would assist in identifying victims of domestic violence abuse at the grassroots level for redress and also help check child labour and trafficking. Mr. Borti said the NGO would establish permanent school-based human rights education clubs to educate school children on human rights issues. He said under the project, 200 female teachers in the Northern region would be trained to educate the children on human rights issues. Mr. Borti said in recent years, about 11,964 cases of domestic violence had been reported to the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the police, and last year the Unit handled a total of 842 for the first quarter of that year alone. He said reports in the media also indicated that women continued to be victims of domestic violence and most of the cases were not even reported. Source: GNA