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Jamaica

MICS survey team
Programme
04 August 2022
Get in the MICS, 2022
One of the largest sources of statistically sound and internationally comparable data on children and women, worldwide.
Hurricane Dorian Bahamas
Programme
02 August 2022
Climate action and resilience
Promoting urgent and participatory climate action, sustainable development and enhancing the resilience and participation of children.
Feliesha an Eve for Life client with her children
Programme
25 September 2019
Survive and thrive
For every Jamaican child to get the best possible start to life
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.
Programme
30 October 2018
Social policy
Inclusive and shock-responsive social protection systems and services to free children from poverty.
Photograph of one schoolgirl and two schoolboys
Programme
30 October 2018
Education
Jamaica’s children have lost an estimated 1.3 billion in-class hours due to COVID-19 school closures.
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.
Programme
30 October 2018
Child protection
Preventing and responding to all forms of violence against Jamaican children remains a major priority for UNICEF.
Ree-Anna and UWI students wearing U-Matter shirts
Press release
21 March 2023
U-Matter mental health chatline surpasses 2,000 sessions
Students smile as their teacher demonstrates how to use a condom at the Western Society for the Upliftment of Children in the city of Montego Bay in St. James in 2005.
Report
20 March 2023
Gap Analysis of the Readiness of the Ministry of Health
Gap Analysis of the Readiness of the Ministry of Health

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The Hope Valley Experimental School's playground and UNICEF’s ADT platform are breaking down barriers for children with mixed abilities.
Campaign
09 March 2023
Children with disabilities
Every child has the right to live in an inclusive world.
Photograph of a group of Parent Mentors from the National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC) at the launch of ParentText in 2022. ParentText Jamaica is accessible via WhatsApp and is available via UNICEF’s U-Report Jamaica social messaging tool. More than 1,300 parents have benefitted from ParentText.
Press release
02 March 2023
ParentText Jamaica gains momentum
More than 1,300 parents access mobile messaging service