http://www.jamaicapartnersforpeace.org/blogsJamaica Partners for Peacehttp://www.jamaicapartnersforpeace.org/blogs/child-abuse/child-sexual-abuse<div><p><span style="font-size: medium;" size="3"><span style="font-family: Calibri;" face="Calibri"><span style="color: #000000;" color="#000000">The recent media report brought to the fore the suffering of Jamaica's most vulnerable population, our children.  Child sexual abuse is a depressing subject, and the pain and misery it brings to children is deep, devastating and lasting. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;" size="3"><span style="font-family: Calibri;" face="Calibri"><span style="color: #000000;" color="#000000">Statistics from the Office of the Children's Registry recorded that over 7,000 children were sexually abused…</span></span></span></p></div><strong> - Author: Sandra Latibeaudiere</strong>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:15:11 +0000http://www.jamaicapartnersforpeace.org/blogs/child-abuse/child-sexual-abusehttp://www.jamaicapartnersforpeace.org/blogs/danielletoppin/domestic-violence-indicators<div><p>Dear community members,</p> <p> The Research and Evaluation Unit, Ministry of National Security is currently working on <strong>a Regional Project for Peaceful Co-existence and Public Security Indicators</strong>.  The aim of the initiative is to support the building of consensus and methods for measuring crime and violence.</p> <p> I am particularly interested in developing<strong> </strong>i…</p></div><strong> - Author: Sandra Latibeaudiere</strong>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:05:09 +0000http://www.jamaicapartnersforpeace.org/blogs/danielletoppin/domestic-violence-indicatorshttp://www.jamaicapartnersforpeace.org/blogs/danielletoppin/programmes-to-end-violence-against-women-and-girls<div><p><span style="color: #000000;">Dear colleagues</span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">JamPfP is undertaking an inventory and mapping exercise to get an idea of the various initiatives geared towards reducing violence against women and girls in Jamaica.  This is an attempt to document and highlight these initiatives.</span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">The results of this mapping exercise will contribute to: (1) harmonizing and coordination of…</span></p></div><strong> - Author: Sandra Latibeaudiere</strong>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:40:08 +0000http://www.jamaicapartnersforpeace.org/blogs/danielletoppin/programmes-to-end-violence-against-women-and-girlshttp://www.jamaicapartnersforpeace.org/blogs/danielletoppin/campaign-against-domestic-violence<div><p>Dear community members</p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Domestic violence (also referred to as intimate partner violence, family violence, battering, spousal abuse) is a problem that affects every sector of society in Jamaica.  It crosses all races, social and economic background, cultures, religions and relationship types.   It has implications not only for our criminal justice…</span></p></div><strong> - Author: Sandra Latibeaudiere</strong>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:50:17 +0000http://www.jamaicapartnersforpeace.org/blogs/danielletoppin/campaign-against-domestic-violencehttp://www.jamaicapartnersforpeace.org/blogs/crimepreventioncommunitysafety/youthdevelopmentprogramme<div><div> <p><strong><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">OVERVIEW OF OBRA CARIBBEAN PARTNERSHIP</span></span></strong></p></div> <p><strong><em>Obra</em></strong> is a two-year initiative in the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region launched in 2009 by the International Youth Foundation (IYF) and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). It aims to form public-private partnerships that raise awareness of youth at risk issues and strengthen youth…</p></div><strong> - Author: Sandra Latibeaudiere</strong>Sun, 06 Feb 2011 22:04:14 +0000http://www.jamaicapartnersforpeace.org/blogs/crimepreventioncommunitysafety/youthdevelopmentprogrammehttp://www.jamaicapartnersforpeace.org/blogs/crimepreventioncommunitysafety/trinidadtobagocommunitysafetyenhancementprogramme<div><p><span style="color: #000000;">Beverly Chase, UNDP Trinidad &amp; Tobago</span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Dear Colleagues</span><span style="color: #000000;">:</span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">The Ministry of Community Development in Trinidad and Tobago has implemented a Community Safety and Enhancement Programme over the past 6 years to assist with addressing the increasing incidences of crime.  The Ministry is seeking to restructure the initiative and is looking for good…</span></p></div><strong> - Author: Sandra Latibeaudiere</strong>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 17:26:43 +0000http://www.jamaicapartnersforpeace.org/blogs/crimepreventioncommunitysafety/trinidadtobagocommunitysafetyenhancementprogrammehttp://www.jamaicapartnersforpeace.org/blogs/peace/peace<div><p><em>Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction. . . . The chain reaction of evil - hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars - must be broken, or we shall…</em></p></div><strong> - Author: Sandra Latibeaudiere</strong>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:41:58 +0000http://www.jamaicapartnersforpeace.org/blogs/peace/peacehttp://www.jamaicapartnersforpeace.org/blogs/postconflictreconstruction/postreconstructionefforts<div><p>Dear Community members</p><p>The recent civil unrest and lethal conflict between state security forces and armed gangs in Western Kingston has left economic, psychological, infrastructural and personal devastation.  The education of children, the livelihoods of adults and the usual social and economic activities have all been disrupted.</p><p> In order to…</p></div><strong> - Author: Sandra Latibeaudiere</strong>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 21:33:29 +0000http://www.jamaicapartnersforpeace.org/blogs/postconflictreconstruction/postreconstructioneffortshttp://www.jamaicapartnersforpeace.org/blogs/crimepreventioncommunitysafety/draftcrimepreventioncommunitysafetyplan<div><p><strong><em>[Facilitator's Note: The e-Discussion on the GOJ draft Crime Prevention and Community Safety Strategy is now open for comments. The launch message, including the discussion questions follow.  The discussion is open until March 28, 2010. ]</em></strong></p><p>Dear Colleagues:<br /> I am pleased to invite you to participate in an e-discussion launched by MNS to give…</p></div><strong> - Author: Sandra Latibeaudiere</strong>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:00:13 +0000http://www.jamaicapartnersforpeace.org/blogs/crimepreventioncommunitysafety/draftcrimepreventioncommunitysafetyplanhttp://www.jamaicapartnersforpeace.org/blogs/danielletoppin/earlysexualinitiationofgirls<div><p> Dear Community Members:</p><p> </p><p>In the 1980s, Jamaican dancehall artist Reggie Stepper released the soon-to-be-classic song "Likkle Miss", in which he chastised an underage girl for behaving as if "she big".  The song highlights the way in which a young girl was dressing and carrying herself in an unacceptable way, all with the aim of attracting the…</p></div><strong> - Author: Danielle Toppin</strong>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:31:48 +0000http://www.jamaicapartnersforpeace.org/blogs/danielletoppin/earlysexualinitiationofgirls