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CIV-JAM works closely with approximately twenty-five Jamaican civil society organizations (CSOs). We believe that CSOs whose missions focus on justice, human rights, citizen security and good governance have a critical role to play in addressing the nefarious effects of sustained levels of criminality and violence on Jamaica and her citizens. CIV-JAM aims to increase collaboration and coalition building among these organizations to heighten the impact of their work. Our partner CSOs were therefore chosen based on the following criteria:
1. Having a mission of national scope?whether codified or implicit.
2. Having as a principal thematic focus one or more of the following concerns:
? peace
? justice
? human rights
? political and civic rights
? citizen security
? police/community relations
? civic education
? participation in democratic processes, and
? government responsiveness, transparency and accountability.
3. Having public advocacy as a principal vocation within the framework of their respective missions
- The Association of Women’s Organizations of Jamaica (AWOJA)
- The Caribbean Association of Feminist Research and Action (CAFRA)
- Citizens Action for Free and Fair Elections (CAFFE)
- Committee for the Upliftment of the Mentally Ill (CUMI)
- Dispute Resolution Foundation (DRF)
- Hope for Children Development Company Ltd (HCDC)
- Independent Jamaican Council for Human Rights (IJCHR)
- Jamaica Coalition for the Rights of the Child (JCRC)
- Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ)
- Jamaica Women’s Political Caucus (JWPC)
- Partners for Peace (PfP)
- Peace and Love in Society (PALS)
- Roots FM
- Sistren Theatre Collective
- Woman Inc.
- Women’s Media Watch (WMW)
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