Some 140 residents of Bath, St. Thomas, have benefited from a community intervention workshop hosted by the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) held recently at the Bath Anglican Church in the parish. The workshop was held as part of the agency’s Parent Month activities in November. Areas covered during the sessions include conflict resolution – how to solve...

Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness, is encouraging more Jamaicans to employ the strategy of advocacy in order to influence the decision makers and achieve change in the society. “We are the current leaders and shapers of our own destiny. We are no longer fighting a slave master or the colonial power, and...

The Government continues work to ensure gender equality through the launch of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Gender Equality Seal certification programme, which aims to address gaps in the workplace and create equitable conditions for both men and women. The official launch of the programme took place on December 5 at The Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston. Local implementation...

The Honourable Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport says she is very excited by the prospect of an Ice Arena being established in Jamaica for the sport of Ice Hockey to be played locally. Minister Grange met today with a group comprised of representatives from the Jamaica Olympic Ice Hockey Federation and from the firm, Tropical Ice...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, says the Government remains committed to curtailing sexual offences. She said measures being undertaken to this end include a rigorous review of legislation to fast-track the prosecution of perpetrators, public awareness campaigns, and psychosocial support and healthcare for victims. The Minister noted that professionals, including judges, attorneys, court personnel and...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, says it is time for Jamaicans stand up against gender-based violence. “When we take a stand against violence and offer no comfort to perpetrators; when we expose them, when we stop turning a blind eye to the gender-violence that we know goes on next door, when we create a culture...

The Government has endorsed the ‘Model Guidelines for Sexual Offence Cases in the Caribbean Region,’ developed by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), which provide internationally-accepted best practices for the management of such cases across the region. The document was crafted through support from the Canadian Government-funded Can$90 million Judicial Reform and Institutional Strengthening (JURIST) Project. It offers a rights-based...