RIGHTS-SEYCHELLES: Problems In Paradise

by Mercedes Sayagues , IPS Inter Press Service - Women: Leading the Way on Jul 03, 2008

VICTORIA, Jul 3 (IPS) - Annette* is a small, lively woman in her early
sixties. Married to an abusive husband -- who once threw boiling
water on her, landing her in hospital -- she was not repeating
the story with her alcoholic and drug-addicted son. Just as her
husband was growing older and calmer, her son was getting
increasingly violent.