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U-Matter: Free, anonymous support for youth

Trained counselling available with UNICEF's U-Report youth messaging service

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Tracey-Ann Mullings U-Matter U-Report UNICEF Jamaica
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Creating mental health support for today’s youth

Consultant who helped launch U-Matter mental health chatline reflects on her own journey to wellness

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MICS survey team
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Get in the MICS, 2022

One of the largest sources of statistically sound and internationally comparable data on children and women, worldwide.

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Consultancy: Violence prevention

Help UNICEF government and non-government partners increase their understanding and capacity on sexual exploitation and abuse prevention and protection.

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One A Way is a short film about male and female perspectives, created by mentees from the #SpotlightShortsJA Youth Community Filmmaking Workshop hosted by JAFTA and UNICEF.
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Spotlight Shorts JA film created by youth

Jamaican youth filmmakers created this film about male and female perspectives with Spotlight Shorts JA, by JAFTA and UNICEF.

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ParentText Live
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14 July 2022

NPSC encourages parents to utilize new UNICEF ParentText WhatsApp service

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Family Focus: A Discussion Guide for Facilitators
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Discussion guide for parenting facilitators

Helping parents share and learn about positive parenting practices, healthy family relationships and how gender-based violence can harm families. 

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MICS survey team
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Get in the MICS, 2022

One of the largest sources of statistically sound and internationally comparable data on children and women, worldwide.

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Hurricane Dorian Bahamas
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Climate action and resilience

Promoting urgent and participatory climate action, sustainable development and enhancing the resilience and participation of children.

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Feliesha an Eve for Life client with her children
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Survive and thrive

For every Jamaican child to get the best possible start to life

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Rhyim Roach walks to school at Holy Family Primary in Parade Gardens, Kingston, a school supported by UNICEF partner Fight for Peace. He has since graduated and entered high school.
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Social policy

Inclusive and shock-responsive social protection systems and services to free children from poverty.

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Photograph of one schoolgirl and two schoolboys
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Education

Jamaica’s children have lost an estimated 1.3 billion in-class hours due to COVID-19 school closures.

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In Jamaica, too many children do not have this protection. Their lives are being stained by violence – often at the hands of people they love and trust.
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Child protection

Preventing and responding to all forms of violence against Jamaican children remains a major priority for UNICEF.

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