A regional forum on “Youth Crime and Violence” commenced today in Guyana with the aim of sensitizing CARICOM policy makers, the media and other stakeholders on the major elements of youth crime and violence.
Approximately 100 persons from across CARICOM will engage in interactive sessions centered on four main topics/issues: Violence against Children; School Violence; Gender Based Violence; and Youth Gangs and Violence, together with the cross cutting themes of gender, culture and other social determinants.
The February 29th to March 1st forum is an outcome of the CARICOM and the government of Spain project titled “Reducing Youth on Youth Violence” now being piloted in five Caribbean countries, namely Antigua and Barbuda, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago.
According to the Guyana-based CARICOM Secretariat, each year approximately 200,000 youths aged 10 to 29 die and many more sustain serious injuries, because of violence across the world. “
