Human rights in Jamaica: the feminization of poverty, criminalization of women, and the affects on Jamaican youth

    Item Description
    Type
    Genre
    Contributors
    Creator (cre): Rossiter, Laura
    Supporting host (sht): Jamaican Self-Help
    Date Issued
    2007
    Date (Unspecified)
    2007
    Language
    Table Of Contents

    Executive summary -- Tabled overview -- Overview. Location. Political background. -- The rights of the child. Application to JSH. -- Women's Rights. Prostitution. Reproductive rights. Spousal rights. Violence against women. Employment. -- Human rights. Homosexuality. -- Works cited.

    Extent
    47 p. ; 29 cm.
    Rights
    Copyright is held by the author(s), with all rights reserved, unless otherwise noted.
    Dewey Classification
    305
    Local Identifier
    TCRC Project ID: 747
    Note

    by Laura Rossiter. --

    Includes: Final Research Report ; bibliography.

    Completed for: Marisa Kaczmarczyk at Jamaican Self-Help ; Supervising Professor: Nadine Changfoot, Trent University ; TCCBE.

    Date of project completion: April 2007.

    WMST 482:Community Research Placement.

    The purpose of this report is to demonstrate how the current social, economic, and political climate in Jamaica is related to the work of Jamaica Self-Help (JSH).