Jamaica
Region: Americas / Population: 2,828M / Female Population: 1,425M
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Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months
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Start Year End Year Measure Title Type of Measure Form of Violence
2016 #KeepChildrenSafe Initiative Prevention > Awareness-raising Campaigns Violence against women and girls
2000 24 Hour Hotline Operated by Woman Inc Services > Social services > Hotline Helpline Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
2007 Accident and Emergency Unit Data regarding Sexual Assault Research and statistical data > Administrative data > Health Sexual violence
2016 Bureau of Gender Affairs Institutional mechanisms Violence against women and girls
1975 Bureau of Women's Affairs Institutional mechanisms Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence; Sexual harassment; Sexual violence; Violence against women and girls
1989 Centre for the Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse Institutional mechanisms Sexual violence
2009 Child Pornography (Prevention) Act 2009 Laws > Violence against women > Legislation Violence against women and girls
2000 Criminal Justice Administration Act Laws > Violence against women > Legislation Sexual violence
2001 Data by Justice System Research and statistical data > Administrative data > Justice Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
1985 Data from the Woman Inc Crisis Centre Research and statistical data > Administrative data > Social services Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence; Sexual harassment; Sexual violence
2004 Domestic Violence Act (Amendment) Laws > Violence against women > Legislation Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
1987 Domestic Violence Desk within Police Mediation Unit Services > Police > Protocols and guidelines Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
2004 Gender Advisory Committee Institutional mechanisms Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence; Sexual harassment; Sexual violence; Violence against women and girls
2018 Gender Advisory Council Institutional mechanisms Violence against women and girls
2016 Global Partnership, Pathfinder: New Approaches to End Child Abuse Regional Initiatives Violence against women and girls
2011 Jamaica Crime Observatory Integrated Crime and Violence Information System Research and statistical data > Other research and statistical data Violence against women and girls
2016 Jamaica Women's Health Survey 2016: Final Report Research and statistical data > Dedicated violence against women survey Violence against women and girls
2007 Jamaican Law Enforcement Guide to Investigation Manual: Practicalities of the Trafficking in Persons (Prevention, Suppression and Punishment) Act Laws > Violence against women > Legislation Trafficking
2016 2018 Monetary Allocation for Anti-Trafficking Efforts Budgets > Government allocation Trafficking
2009 2030 National Development Plan - Gender Sector Plan Policies > Inclusion of violence against women in other national plan strategy Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence; Sexual harassment; Sexual violence; Violence against women and girls
2011 2015 National Policy for Gender Equality Policies > Inclusion of violence against women in other national plan strategy Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence; Sexual harassment
2018 National Shelter for Victims of Gender-Based Violence Services > Social services > Shelter Safe accommodation Violence against women and girls
2017 2027 National Strategic Action Plan to Eliminate Gender-Based Violence 2017-2027 Policies > National action plan specific to violence against women Violence against women and girls
1995 National Task Force against Trafficking in Person Institutional mechanisms Trafficking
2018 Online Gender-Based Violence Platform Prevention > Awareness-raising Campaigns Violence against women and girls
Public Education Campaign: “No Excuse for Abuse” Prevention > Education > Non-formal education Violence against women and girls
2018 Public Forum: “Big Woman and Big Man Chat: Addressing Intimate Partner Violence.” Prevention > Awareness-raising Campaigns Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Regional Programme Every Caribbean Woman Every Caribbean Child Regional Initiatives Violence against women and girls
2018 Regional Workshop on Intra-Family and Domestic Violence Regional Initiatives Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
2008 Reproductive Health Survey Jamaica 2008 Research and statistical data > Violence against women module in survey Violence against women and girls
2011 Section 13 of the Constitution Laws > Violence against women > Constitutional provision Violence against women and girls
Sensitization Session for Health Care Workers and National Family Planning Board on Gender-Based Violence Services > Health > Training Violence against women and girls
Sensitization Sessions on School Related Gender-Based Violence Prevention > Education > Formal education Violence against women and girls
2008 Shelters for Victims of Violence Services > Social services > Shelter Safe accommodation Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
2002 Social Policy Evaluation Project Monitoring and evaluation > Policies Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
2016 Special Service Desk for Men Prevention > Working with men and boys Violence against women and girls
2017 Supporting Girls on ICT Day Prevention > Community mobilization Violence against women and girls
2000 Training for Police by Woman Inc Services > Police > Training Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
2006 Training on Trafficking in Persons Prevention > Education > Formal education Trafficking
1998 Victim Support Unit Services > Police > Protocols and guidelines Violence against women and girls
1985 Woman Inc. Crisis Centre Services > Social services > Shelter Safe accommodation Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
2023 The Sexual Harassment Protection and Prevention Act, 2021 Laws > Violence against women > Legislation Sexual harassment
2023 Domestic Violence (Amendment) Act, 2023 Laws > Violence against women > Legislation Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
2021 National Policy for Gender Equality (NPGE) – Revised 2021 Policies > Inclusion of violence against women in other national plan strategy Violence against women and girls
2021 2023 Public Education Campaign and GBV Sensitisation and Training under NSAP-GBV Prevention > Awareness-raising Campaigns Violence against women and girls
2023 National Strategy for Shelters and Other Safe Spaces for Survivors of GBV and Comprehensive Guidelines for Operationalization of Gender-Based Violence Helplines in Jamaica Services > Social services > Shelter Safe accommodation Violence against women and girls
2018 Gender Advisory Council (GAC) Institutional mechanisms Violence against women and girls
2020 National Shelter Unit (2020) Services > Social services > Shelter Safe accommodation Violence against women and girls
2021 Sexual Harassment Investigation Unit Services > Police Sexual harassment
2023 Gender-based Violence (GBV) Helpline Unit, 2023 Services > Social services > Hotline Helpline Violence against women and girls
2022 Continuum of Care, 2022 Services > Social services > Integrated services delivery Violence against women and girls
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