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Pick-Ni Cherry: artist takes on dark secret of child sexual abuse

Pick-Ni Cherry: artist takes on dark secret of child sexual abuse

Safety and justice

By Ross Sheil

Young author-illustrator-artist Kerron Clarke spent her childhood trying to cope with the experience of sexual abuse. Kerron is one of thousands who deal with harrowing sexual abuse. More than 1 in 5 Jamaican girls report forced sex. In many cases, the perpetrators aren’t strangers lurking in the dark – they are trusted family… Read more →←
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Jamaican children and the hidden dangers of online abuse

Jamaican children and the hidden dangers of online abuse

Safety and justice

By Ross Sheil

In an increasingly connected world, children are more vulnerable to online abuse – from sexual predators to cyber-bullying. In Unspoken, one of three films made for the #KeepChildrenSafe series, Director Kurt Wright portrays a disturbing trick – a young victim who is lured by social media into a job interview and ends up being… Read more →←
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Jamaican Families Help to Shape Global Data Tool on Disabilities

Jamaican Families Help to Shape Global Data Tool on Disabilities

Social protection

By Ross Sheil

KINGSTON, April 28, 2016 – It is an uncommon day for the Jamaican families who are gathered in a room in the city centre. They are here to answer a raft of questions about their children who live with disabilities. The workshop in Jamaica is the last in a series of cognitive testing exercises already conducted in India and the United… Read more →←
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Film Director Gabrielle Blackwood: I asked child actors to act as bullies – and they found it hard to stop

Film Director Gabrielle Blackwood: I asked child actors to act as bullies – and they found it hard to stop

Safety and justice

By Ross Sheil

Gabrielle Blackwood is in a tough part of town. On set at Kingston’s Haile Selassie Secondary School, she is directing “Bully” – a real tale narrated by former student D’andra. The taunting teenagers acting in Bully – who are recreating D’andra’s painful experiences – are convincing. Their aggression comes too easily.… Read more →←
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Giving up the gun to give back: peace activist Milton Tomlinson

Giving up the gun to give back: peace activist Milton Tomlinson

Safety and justice

By Ross Sheil

“Ordained” is how Milton Tomlinson describes a life that has changed him from being the youth holding a gun. Now he is the 43-year-old man who persuades younger versions of himself to put down the gun and pick up something more positive for the rest of their lives. If his life in a soundbite sounds like a movie script treatment then… Read more →←
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Ross Sheil

Digital Media Consultant

Lifelong learning

Improving education for disadvantaged children: access to quality education; safe schools; early childhood development; student-centred learning; and data collection.

Safety and justice

Working to end violence in every sphere of a child’s life: prevention; legislation; barriers and bottlenecks; capacity building; and partnerships/innovation.

Social protection

Achieving national action to reduce child poverty: strengthen public investment; data collection and reporting on child rights, particularly on disabilities.

Health promotion

Boosting health outcomes for infants and adolescents: access to quality services; prenatal and postnatal care; HIV/AIDS; teen pregnancy; and vulnerable groups.
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