Yes, it’s true. A higher percentage of girls than boys obtain passes in the regional Caribbean Secondary Education Council/CSEC Examinations (used as a secondary school leaving exam) in most subject areas. However, in key subjects such as mathematics, more than half of all Jamaican candidates failed in 2013, regardless of sex. Though boys underperform in relation to … [Read more...] about Battle of the Sexes – Who is Underachieving?
Social Systems
A way to solve the prison crisis and reduce recidivism
Photo by Olga Espinoza In 2007, the Ministry of the Interior and Public Security in Chile launched a pilot program for the social reintegration of convicts. Compared to other reintegration programs, its great advantage was that it followed an evidence-based model: The Risk-Need-Responsivity Model, one of the models most often used in prisons, and one amply supported … [Read more...] about A way to solve the prison crisis and reduce recidivism
Five shocking numbers about domestic violence
Photo by Silvia Dangond Gibsone I am going to give you five numbers that underscore the tragedy of domestic violence. But first we should remember why we celebrate International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Thirty-three years ago, Patricia, Minerva and Maria Teresa, known as the Mirabal Sisters, died in the Dominican Republic after they were hung … [Read more...] about Five shocking numbers about domestic violence
5 Apps For Development
by Guest blogger, Mariana Leyton What are the tools we talk about when we talk about civic technology? In this post and the next, we share ten applications that can be considered quintessential civic tech apps to give an idea of what can be achieved using ICTs as tools to achieve openness, transparency, efficiency and participation in our democracies. … [Read more...] about 5 Apps For Development
A Colorful Day in Laventille
Photo credit by Kerneisha Beckles I guess we all harbored mixed emotions - excitement, anxiety, lingering doubts - as the army convoy in which we were travelling slowly meandered its way up the Laventille Hills on the morning of November 15 2014. The mission of the Family Association that day was the painting of the St Barbs Primary School, located in the low-income, … [Read more...] about A Colorful Day in Laventille