by JFJAdmin | Sep 17, 2019 | Anti-Discrimination and Vulnerable Groups, Child Rights, Safety and Justice, Education and Outreach, General Human Rights Issues, Highlighted Stories, Impact & Initiatives, Issues, Policing and Public Security
JFJ rolls out Human Rights training for the next generation of Jamaican Police Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) has been engaged for over a decade in the training of law enforcement officers at all levels. We do this to broaden their understanding of human...
by JFJAdmin | Jun 28, 2018 | Child Rights, Safety and Justice, Impact & Initiatives
UNICEF and Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) have forged a new partnership to address improvements needed for children in state care. As part of the initiative, JFJ is undertaking the most comprehensive study of its kind to examine the state care landscape in Jamaica,...
by JFJAdmin | Feb 28, 2018 | Child Rights, Safety and Justice
On January 16, 2018 two children burnt to death in a fire at the Walker’s Place of Safety. The fire completely destroyed the facility that was home to 36 wards of the state. This is the fifth fire at a child-care institution in recent memory and occurs one year after...
by JFJAdmin | Sep 26, 2017 | Child Rights, Safety and Justice, Impact & Initiatives
In Jamaica, secondary school students have the legal right to elect representatives to school boards and vote in decisions. New research by Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) reveals that many school boards comply with the law. 71% of student representatives voted freely in...
by JFJAdmin | Mar 24, 2017 | Child Rights, Safety and Justice
Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) welcomes the government’s announcement to prohibit the use of corporal punishment in educational institutions. Such a measure, if robustly implemented, will advance the welfare of all children by affirming in law that violence ought never...
by JFJAdmin | Mar 24, 2017 | Child Rights, Safety and Justice
Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) welcomes the government’s announcement to prohibit the use of corporal punishment in educational institutions. Such a measure, if robustly implemented, will advance the welfare of all children by affirming in law that violence ought never...
