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Gender based violence

Group photo in front of Papine wall
Blog post
04 May 2022
Papine High rises up against gender-based violence
Spotlight Initiative project raises awareness of gender-based violence among teachers, students and parents
Minister Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport (centre); Alando Terrelonge, State Minister in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport (centre right); and members of the Jamaica Film & Television Association who produced the “Spotlight Shorts JA" short films, produced under the EU-UN Spotlight Initiative, attending the premiere held at the Palace New Kingston Drive-In on Sunday December 5, 2001.
Press release
08 December 2021
Ministry of Culture welcomes Spotlight Shorts world premiere
Four powerful short films based on real-life experiences of survivors of gender-based violence
Absolute Power: A woman recounts the harrowing tale of how she managed to defeat her narcissistic and abusive lover and co-worker who terrorized her in her late 20s.
Press release
16 November 2021
“Spotlight Shorts JA” films to explore real stories of surviving gender-based violence
Coordinated by JAFTA and UNICEF under the EU-UN Spotlight Initiative
Ricardo Brown and his family
Blog post
21 July 2021
I help parents prevent family violence
Taught to discipline by beating as a child, Ricardo's view changed the day a younger brother threatened to kill him in revenge.
Photograph of Eve for Life Mentor Mom Stacy-Ann Stone counselling one of her mentees.
Blog post
25 November 2020
Helping victims confront their abuse
Mentoring young women and girls for Eve for Life, Stacy-Ann Stone also uses tele-counselling to change behaviour among their abusers.
Joy Crawford, co-founder of Eve for Life, speaking to singer Romain Virgo (centre) and his manager Nicko Brown, after donating a portion of revenue from sales of the song Dutty Man to the organisation.
Blog post
05 March 2020
‘Daddy, your bredrin molest me’
A couple months ago, our Survivor Mentors were doing a talk at a school when a tween girl revealed that she too had been molested.
Teshae Silvera, then aged 10, and Romain Virgo performing 'Dutty Man' at Reggae Sumfest in 2019.
Blog post
05 March 2020
What Dutty Man taught me as a daddy
Learning from young collaborator Teshae to understand the pain of girls who have been sexually abused

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