Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange, is urging increased support for the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation’s (WCJF) Advancing Secondary, Tertiary Remedial Education for Adolescent Mothers (A-STREAM) Programme....

More than 60 adolescent parents will receive bursaries and scholarships valued at some $3.9 million from the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF), to help with their educational expenses. The...

The House of Representatives on Tuesday (July 13) passed the Sexual Harassment (Protection and Prevention) Bill. The legislation addresses concerns about sexual harassment that is employment-related, occurring in institutions, or...

The Joint Select Committee appointed to consider the Sexual Harassment Bill, has recommended that the time limit for the reporting of an incident of sexual harassment should be six years....

Government Senator, Dr. Saphire Longmore, says the Administration is prioritising the protection of women against abuse through the enhancement of legislation as well as other interventions. “We have seen where...

The Government is committed to addressing the issues that affect the nation’s men and boys and to engage them in the fight against the cultural norms and stereotypes that reinforce...

The Government is looking to build-out another six Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Domestic Violence Intervention Centres (DVICs) islandwide by year-end. These are slated to be established in Westmoreland, St. Elizabeth,...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment, and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, says that work continues towards the opening of two shelters for victims of gender-based violence, during the current financial year....