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Childhood in Jamaica: Stained by violence

This booklet seeks to highlight major challenges with violence against children in home, school and community settings

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.
UNICEF Jamaica/Brown

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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. Citing the latest available data, this booklet seeks to highlight major challenges with violence against children in home, school and community settings – and calls for concrete actions that are in line with the Government of Jamaica’s Plan of Action for an Integrated Response to Violence against Children (updated in 2019).

Citing the latest available data, this booklet seeks to highlight major challenges with violence against children in home, school and community settings – and calls for concrete actions that are in line with the Government of Jamaica’s Plan of Action for an Integrated Response to Violence against Children (updated in 2019).
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