Posts tagged: equality

Who is the Culprit, Education or Society?

Over the past week the quality of education has taken center stage in the Jamaican media, with the Minister, Andrew Holness chiding elementary/ primary school teachers for the general ill-preparedness of students for secondary schools.This news comes at the dawn of Jamaica’s presentation of a status report on its achievements towards the Millennium Development Goals [...]

Sunday June 14th, 2009 in , Andrew Holness, Education, education system, equality, equity, hidden curriculum, Jamaica, Jamaican, Jamaican Researcher, justice, MDGs, Millennium Development Goals, Minister of Education, PIOJ, Planning Institute of Jamaica, privileged, social change, social stratification, society, St. Rachel Ustanny, universal access to education | 1 Comment »

The Face of Poverty was once a woman, Now its a Youth: A a look at employment discrimination in Jamaica

Youth Work–Ugh! what terrible words. I can’t believe that in this day and age there is such a thing. The feminists have been challenging the notion of woman’s work from as far back as the 1970s. As a matter of fact they have gained good ground, while young people sit unknowingly in discriminatory Youth Work. [...]

Monday October 13th, 2008 in , 2008, act, Commonwealth Youth Lecture, CWF, discrimination, discriminatory, Dr. Fatiha Serour, Elora Consulting, employed, employment, equality, inequality, Jamaica, Jamaican, justice, law, lecture, mainstreaming, marginalization, marginalized, marginalized groups, meeting, National Centre for Youth Development, national development, National Youth Service, NCYD, NYS, policies, protocol, Rights, St. Rachel, St. Rachel Ustanny, stigma, stigmatizing, sustainable employment, symposium, unemployed, unemployment, unequal, Ustanny, woman's work, work, youth, youth work | No Comments »
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