A health and wellness expo, a job fair, and school tours are among several activities slated to mark International Men’s Day on Tuesday, November 19. Other events scheduled for the day and week include the pinning of male Members of Parliament and Senators at Gordon House at 2:00 p.m., and a wellness fair at the Rudolph Elder Park in Morant...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, says the Government remains committed to addressing issues affecting boys and men in the society as part of measures in promoting equality and eliminating gender-based violence. “The Government of Jamaica’s medium-term socio-economic policy framework indicates that there are increased concerns for males, who are being labelled by some… as marginalised....

Executive Director of the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF), Dr. Zoe Simpson, is encouraging well-thinking individuals to support adolescent mothers who have reintegrated into the school system, to reduce the likelihood of their dropping out again. “We want to zero in on that period of reintegration because research shows that [at that stage] the girls are still at risk...

In an effort to keep young women comfortably occupied in the evenings at the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF) facility in Spanish Town, International Game Technology (IGT) donated a new air-conditioning unit to the facility’s After School Advantage Centre. Here, Technology Manager, IGT Jamaica, Rohan Williams (left) and Account Development Representative, IGT, Shana Forbes (second left), discuss with WCJF...

The Woman Incorporated (Woman Inc.) Crisis Centres will benefit from part proceeds raised in this year’s second staging of the Civil Service Week (CSW) 5K Walk/Run. Woman Inc. is a non-governmental organisation (NGO), which has been in operation for 35 years and provides assistance to victims of rape, incest, domestic violence, sexual harassment in the workplace and, more recently, human...

The Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF) is encouraging parents, guardians and community members to monitor the activities of adolescents while schools are on holidays. This in light of reported increases in the registration of teenaged pregnant girls and adolescent mothers at the institution’s centres at the conclusion of these periods, according to Director of Field Operations, Beverley Martin Berry....

The Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF) has made two changes to its Programme for Adolescent Mothers (PAM), which is delivered at the Centre’s 18 locations across the island. The changes, which came into effect at the start of the 2019/2020 academic year, involve increasing academic instruction from four to five days per week and the offering of three new...