UNFPA Caribbean 46d ago

For the first time in Jamaica's history, a UNFPA-supported Women and Girls Safe Space (WGSS) was fully activated and it's already changing lives. On April 30, in Clarks Town, Trelawny, a landmark moment in Jamaica's humanitarian response took shape. In the aftermath of #HurricaneMelissa, women and girls in this community faced not only the physical devastation of the storm, but the heightened risk of gender-based violence, emotional trauma, and isolation that so often follows a disaster. They needed more than relief supplies. They needed safety. They needed dignity. They needed a space of their own. That space is now real. In partnership with Eve for Life — an organisation based in Jamaica that is dedicated to supporting women and girls living with and affected by HIV, and those experiencing gender-based violence — UNFPA SROC mobilised to bring trauma-informed, life-saving psychosocial and GBV support services directly into the community. For more about UNFPA's work in the Caribbean, visit: https://caribbean.unfpa.org/en Follow UNFPA Sub Regional Office for the Caribbean here: Facebook: / unfpacaribbean Instagram: / unfpacaribbean X: / unfpacaribbean