by JFJAdmin | Aug 6, 2014 | Governance and Transparency
Tuesday, August 5, 2014, Kingston, Jamaica – The interim Board of JFJ has been publicly challenged to state whether it is legitimately constituted. The following sets out the process by which the current directors of the Board came to their positions JFJ was...
by JFJAdmin | Jun 16, 2014 | Child Rights, Safety and Justice
Friday, June13, 2014, Kingston, Jamaica – JFJ has been conducting educational training in youth environments for the last 10 years. JFJ approached six private residential child care facilities with the programme outline and content. Administrators and their...
by JFJAdmin | Jun 12, 2014 | Child Rights, Safety and Justice, Education and Outreach, Impact & Initiatives
Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) has been advocating for improvements in the situation of children in state care for over a decade. The focus has primarily been on lobbying both locally and internationally for changes in policy, legislation and implementation. The...
by JFJAdmin | Jun 9, 2014 | Governance and Transparency, Impact & Initiatives, Redress and Legal
Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) and partner, Lawyers without Boarders Canada (LWBC), hosted the workshop at the Knutsford Court Hotel, Kingston, Jamaica on June 26 and 27 with funding support from the European Union. Both government and non-government agencies attended...
by JFJAdmin | May 22, 2014 | Child Rights, Safety and Justice, Issues, Policy and Advocacy
Thursday, May 22, 2014, Kingston, Jamaica – To the families who lost seven daughters and to the girls who endured immeasurable anguish during the Armadale Juvenile Correctional Center tragedy five years ago, there is nothing that will fill the hole in your hearts on...