by Joy-Ann Gill | May 30, 2024 | Top Stories
Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation Reporter, Wendy Burke (second from left) in an animated discussion with Child Care Board Chairman, Catherine Jordan (right) while (from left to right) – award-winning Nation Newspaper journalist, Maria Bradshaw; The Honourable...
by Joy-Ann Gill | May 24, 2024 | Ministry News
(Stock Photo) Media practitioners will next week learn more about how to enhance their skills and knowledge to ensure sensitive reporting of child abuse cases in Barbados. This is when the Child Care Board (CCB), in collaboration with UNICEF, conducts a one-day...
by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Apr 5, 2023 | Top Stories
Minister of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs, Kirk Humphrey, said the number of children being abused in Barbados is on the rise and he is encouraging persons to report such cases. (FP) The number of children being abused in Barbados is on the rise, with the...
by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Oct 7, 2022 | Top Stories
Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs, Corey Lane, disclosed that the Child Protection Bill is weeks away from being taken to Parliament. (Photo: Barbados Today) The long-awaited Child Protection Bill is weeks away from being...
by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Apr 8, 2022 | Top Stories
(Stock Image) Members of the public are encouraged to wear a blue ribbon to raise awareness of violence against children in all its forms. The initiative forms part of the activities to mark Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month, which runs from April 1 to 30,...