Feb 19
An article in last week’s Economist, entitled “In the shadow of the gallows: Trinidad debates the death penalty” http://www.economist.com/node/18114940 underlines the widespread sentiment of people throughout the region that the death penalty should be reinstated. ..
Mervyn, I don’t know you but thank you for comments on crime / violence overall and violence vs women in particular.
I am (for the next remaining 9 months,) the gender equality advisor for Jamaica’s national HIV response, through an agreement between our government /Ministry of Health and the UN’s unifem now UNWomen with EC$
Your comments / quotes/ ref. To reports ) making the rape and HIV links and violence vs women generally and societal impact, will be very useful for documents I am preparing and recommendations I need to leave in place for our government.
I welcome information comments from others in regards to this Project of the National HIV/STI programme called “Supporting Gender Equality in the context of HIV/AIDS” – goal to build country capacity (through the national aids response mechanisms) to promote human rights and gender equality.
Patricia Donald
patdonald@yahoo.com