GLOBAL DATABASE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLSCOUNTRY-PROFILEJAMAICAMEASURESSENSITIZATION SESSIONS ON SCHOOL RELATED GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
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Sensitization Sessions on School Related Gender-Based Violence
Type of Measure
Prevention > Education > Formal education
Form of Violence
Violence against women and girls
Brief Description
The Bureau of Gender Affairs (BGA), as part of its Schools’ Education Programme (SEP), conducts ongoing public education through sensitization and awareness building sessions on school-related gender-based violence (GBV). In addition, the BGA conducts community and service providers sensitization and awareness-raising sessions on GBV (Domestic Violence, Understanding Sexual Harassment in the Work Place, Intimate Partner Violence), and on legislative progress (Sexual Offences Act, Childcare and Protection Act, Offences Against the Person Act, Domestic Violence Act), to challenge negative social and cultural norms and gender stereotypes and to ensure the working environment is free from all forms of violence against women and girls.
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