C-Change conducted a survey among 332 staff of health-care and social service agencies in Jamaica and The Bahamas to understand the levels of stigma toward people living with HIV (PLHIV), including MSM and SWs and factors associated with stigma. While most health-care professionals responding to...
Social service agencies focus on direct services to individuals and families, which restricts their ability to support community organizing campaigns. Community organizing models have not historically focused on social service agencies. Using a case example of the living wage movement, this research asks...
On the eve of independence in 1962, malnutrition was the largest single cause of death in Jamaica for children under one. Although child malnutrition rates have rapidly declined since 1962, today Jamaica experiences a double burden of malnutrition: the c
©2011-2024 CEECD | SOCIAL VIOLENCE 5 It is also important that government and non-government agencies (e.g., social organizations, academic and research centres) unify their efforts and act proactively in order to prevent/reduce the occurrence of social violence. As an example, the Brazilian...
In 1965 President Lyndon B. Johnson’s executive order 11246 amended “affirmative action” to include sex (gender). Next, “…the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 was signed by President Richard M. Nixon and it required agencies to submit an affirmative action plan to the Equal Employment Opportunity...
It stands out for its comprehensive data collection involving active stakeholders deeply involved in working with the informal sector – both from government agencies, quasi-governmental and informal sector associations. This not only adds richness to the perspectives explored but also facilitates the ...
His efforts have earned this site featured positions in local publications, including the Jamaica Gleaner's Hospitality Jamaica, Carlong Publishers, as well as recognition from numerous prestigious international agencies and universities. Read more about him here. He invites you to explore his books an...
There are many Lutheran churches, and their clergy substitute for social service agencies. Other religions include Seventh-Day Adventists, Pentecostals, Jehovah's Witnesses, Bahai, and followers of the Asa Faith Society, which looks to the gods represented in the saga tradition. Less than 2 ...
Charitable giving has been encouraged by many different religions, and in many parts of the world religious agencies have long collected charitable donations and distributed help to those in need. The imposition of obligations on communities to pay taxes in order to provide for the poor can be ...
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