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Sex Work: A Source of Income for Many Poor Jamaicans

Finding meaningful employment that can pay the bills and help to address the socioeconomic needs of many of Jamaica’s poor is often times elusive. For many young women, sex work has become a saving grace enabling them to meet the financial needs of self and family members. Although sex work is scoffed at by many [...]

Friday December 19th, 2008 in , Elora Consulting, employment, Jamaica, Jamaica AIDS Support for Life, Jamaican Researcher, JAS, JASL, poor people, Sex Work, social and economic rights, St. Rachel, St. Rachel Ustanny, unemployment | 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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