Dear colleagues

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.

The results of this mapping exercise will contribute to: (1) harmonizing and coordination of efforts in ending violence against women and girls; (2) knowledge management; and (3) operationalizing the existing violence prevention institutional…

Dear community members

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 system, but also the health care system, the workplace and day-to-day community life. Simply, its effects are far reaching and devastating; no one…

Obra 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 services to improve education, employment prospects and life skills for young people throughout the region. In addition to creating multi-sector…

Beverly Chase, UNDP Trinidad & Tobago

Dear Colleagues:

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 practices to inform this process.

Please share experiences and/or suggestions on the following:

• ·         Models used  to address crime and violence…

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 be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a…

Dear Community members

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.

 In order to respond to this urgent situation the Government of Jamaica, civil society and international donor partners will need to coordinate their efforts to ensure…

[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. ]

Dear Colleagues:
I am pleased to invite you to participate in an e-discussion launched by MNS to give community members the opportunity to share their views on issues related to the draft Crime Prevention and Community Safety Strategy.

Background

The Government…

 Dear Community Members:

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 attention of a seemingly helpless older male.  No mention is however made of the adult male  with whom the underaged girl is cavorting, and his behaviour…