Posts tagged: justice

Are we using Excessive Force in Poor Communities?

I have never seen or heard of the use of excessive force by the Jamaican security forces in a community of affluence. Its just amazing how we spend so much time, resources, and lives flushing out a few criminals, but we invest nothing into the sustainable development of the poor who are trapped in crime [...]

Thursday October 16th, 2008 in , civil and political rights, crime, economic and social rights, Elora Consulting, excessive force, injustice, Inner-city, Jamaica, Jamaican, Jamaican Researcher, justice, life, lifestyle, military operation, news, police brutality, poor communities, poverty, St. Rachel, St. Rachel Ustanny, Tivoli Gardens, Ustanny, violence | No Comments »

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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