Jamaica

The object of this Act is to prescribe measures to prevent and combat trafficking in persons with particular regard being had to victims who are

The purpose of the policy is to provide protection for all workers especially women; to ensure that the environment for work, study, and access to

Outlines the Government’s prioritization of the issue of poverty
• Outlines fundamental principles, strategies, and approaches towards poverty reduction
• Establishes a locus of responsibility

Court, Corporate and Commercial Mediation & Arbitration Services
Knowledge Management
Outreach, Youth and Community Services
Governance and Administration

highlight the existence of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Jamaica and in particular in the
education system;
provide guidelines for institutions on the treatment of students

Promote and provide universal access to prevention interventions for all
Scale up the provision of and delivery of prevention commodities, SRH information and services, BCC

• Establishment of standards, licensing and registration regime to regulate and promote the teaching profession by the Jamaica Teaching Council.
• Establishment of the National Education Trust

Protecting and assisting victims of trafficking
facilitate efficient investigation
facilitate just and effective punishment
promoting cooperation between Jamaica and other states to reduce trafficking

to facilitate the development of a working environment that protects the rights of workers infected and/or affected by the epidemic by:
Developing a framework for

Guides health promotion strategies for adolescents, programmatic activities of the MOH, MOEYI and the NFPB, while building partnerships and reorientation of the health services towards

to provide an effective and efficient platform for coordinating and monitoring initiatives that facilitate social transformation and economic development, strengthen governance, improve safety and access

To mainstream gender, within a human rights based framework, in all state institutions and their
apparatuses, in partnership with private sector, non-governmental and civil society

The policy sets out clear guidelines to ensure that teen mothers are not denied the opportunity to re-enter the formal school system, to continue their