End Violence Against Children
Jamaica as a Global Pathfinding Country
The Global Partnership
The Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children, launched by the UN Secretary-General in 2016, is a global collective of more than 500 partners — including governments, UN agencies, research institutions, international NGOs, foundations, civil society organisations, and the private sector.
Operating as both a partnership and a fund, End Violence Against Children fosters multi-sectoral and global collaboration, highlights proven solutions, supports existing interventions, and funds proven replicable initiatives.
Jamaica's Role
In 2016, Jamaica was appointed by the global partnership as a Pathfinding Country — one of the first countries to take up this commitment. Both non-governmental and governmental entities committed to collaborating towards ending violence against children, and specifically towards a 20% increase in available services for children affected by violence by 2023.
VPA Jamaica's Commitment
As a key civil society partner, VPA Jamaica actively contributes to Jamaica’s Pathfinding Country commitments by:
- ✓Providing evidence-based data to inform child violence prevention policy
- ✓Coordinating multi-sectoral collaboration between government and civil society
- ✓Running programmes that directly reduce risk factors for violence against children
- ✓Advocating for increased services and support for children affected by violence
- ✓Contributing to the monitoring and evaluation of national commitments