Twenty-four persons, including empanelled attorneys from the Legal Aid Council (LAC), have completed training in sign language through the Jamaica Association for the Deaf. The seven-week exercise, which was offered online and face-to-face,.
THE GLOBAL Affairs Canada-funded Social Justice (SO-JUST) project will be partnering with civil society organisations (CSOs) to develop interventions tailored for increased access to justice services by vulnerable groups. Focus is currently being.
Journalists have been challenged to become more active in helping society to see persons with disabilities through different lenses, to erase the long-held perception that they are to be pitied. The goal is for society to look beyond their.
The Legal Aid Council (LAC) will be providing sign language training for empanelled attorneys as part of efforts to better serve the disabled community. The initiative forms part of the Social Justice (So-JUST Project) being implemented by the.
DEAF and hard-of-hearing members of society are now poised to have direct access to a range of social services including police, fire and legal services, as some public servants were among the 180.