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The Institute for Gender and Development Studies Regional Co-ordinating Office is to continue its Thursday in Black to end Gender-based Violence drive with the use of headlights next Thursday, July 29.
The initiative, which is being held in co-ordination with the Jamaica Council of Churches (JCC), the Nurses’ Association of Jamaica (NAJ) and Jamaica Psychological Association, is themed, ‘No More Silent Cries!’
“Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Office of the Children’s Advocate (OCA) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have expressed concern that children now face greater risk of all forms of abuse, including sexual violence, as they spend less supervised or structured time at home, in the community or in the care of adults, due to COVID-19,” the institute stated in a release to the media.