by JFJAdmin | Aug 3, 2020 | Child Rights, Safety and Justice, Highlighted Stories, Issues
Jamaicans for Justice wishes to clarify our involvement in the case of the 5-year-old instructed to cut her dreadlocked hair to attend Kensington Primary. JFJ was not party/claimant on the current matter and did not argue the full case before the Constitutional Court...
by JFJAdmin | Aug 1, 2020 | Child Rights, Safety and Justice, Highlighted Stories, Issues
On July 31, 2020, The Supreme Court of Jamaica ruled against the family of a girl who was told to cut her locks in order to attend classes at Kensington Primary School. The Court has NOT yet produced a written judgement, so we cannot comment on the specific...
by JFJAdmin | Jul 8, 2020 | Child Rights, Safety and Justice, Jobs & Opportunities, Women's Rights
Jamaicans for Justice is developing a dynamic campaign on violence against children and women. Our aim is to captivate attention in a lasting way using video and audio content that both raises awareness and disrupts harmful attitudes. We’ll be producing short...
by Lloyd Grant | Mar 3, 2020 | Access to Justice, Child Rights, Safety and Justice, Highlighted Stories, Impact & Initiatives, Issues, Redress and Legal, Research
Through Jamaicans for Justice’s (JFJ) work over the past decade, it has become clear that there is a significant deficit in the human and administrative resources available to children who come into contact with the law, specifically in their ability to procure and...
by Lloyd Grant | Sep 17, 2019 | Child Rights, Safety and Justice, Highlighted Stories, Issues, Policy and Advocacy
In the late hours of Friday, May 22, 2009, a fire broke out in a makeshift dormitory at the Armadale Juvenile Correctional Facility in St Ann. As the fire spread, the wards in the grilled room remained trapped as the key to the room could not be found in the chaos....
by Lloyd Grant | Sep 17, 2019 | Child Rights, Safety and Justice, Education and Outreach, Highlighted Stories, Impact & Initiatives, Issues
In a jam-packed ceremony on Thursday, July 18, Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ), launched our “Child Protection Laws” Pocketguide for Educators and Childcare Professionals”. The guide was developed over the past year by JFJ in partnership with the Ministry of Education,...
