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'''Carolyn Gomes''' OJ (born 30 March 1958 in [[Kingston Parish, Jamaica|Kingston]], [[Jamaica]]) is a Jamaican [[human rights]] activist. She is also the co-founder and now the past Executive Director of [[Jamaicans for Justice]]. Gomes resigned as the Executive Director of Jamaicans for Justice due to controversy surrounding the JFJ introducing sex education material into a number of private children's homes in Jamaica that was deemed inappropriate.<ref>http://rjrnewsonline.com/local/dr-carolyn-gomes-resigns-from-jamaicans-for-justice.asp {{dead link|date=August 2015}}</ref><ref>http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/html/20041210T230000-0500_71182_OBS_GOMES_ATTENDS_HUMAN_RIGHTS_WORKSHOP_IN_GERMANY.asp {{dead link|date=August 2015}}</ref><ref>http://jamaicansforjustice.org/whoweare/overview/ {{dead link|date=August 2015}}</ref> |
'''Carolyn Gomes''' OJ (born 30 March 1958 in [[Kingston Parish, Jamaica|Kingston]], [[Jamaica]]) is a Jamaican [[human rights]] activist. She is also the co-founder and now the past Executive Director of [[Jamaicans for Justice]]. Gomes resigned as the Executive Director of Jamaicans for Justice due to controversy surrounding the JFJ introducing sex education material into a number of private children's homes in Jamaica that was deemed inappropriate.<ref>http://rjrnewsonline.com/local/dr-carolyn-gomes-resigns-from-jamaicans-for-justice.asp {{dead link|date=August 2015}}</ref><ref>http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/html/20041210T230000-0500_71182_OBS_GOMES_ATTENDS_HUMAN_RIGHTS_WORKSHOP_IN_GERMANY.asp {{dead link|date=August 2015}}</ref><ref>http://jamaicansforjustice.org/whoweare/overview/ {{dead link|date=August 2015}}</ref> |
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On 10 December 2008, Gomes received the prestigious [[United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights]].<ref>http://www.un.org/ga/president/63/letters/humanrightsprize11208.pdf {{ |
On 10 December 2008, Gomes received the prestigious [[United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights]].<ref>http://www.un.org/ga/president/63/letters/humanrightsprize11208.pdf {{wayback|url=http://www.un.org/ga/president/63/letters/humanrightsprize11208.pdf |date=20121023235919 |df=y }}</ref> On 19 October of the next year, she was honored with the [[Order of Jamaica]], in recognition of her advocacy for human rights.<ref name=national_awards>"[http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20091017/news/news1.html National Awards set for Monday]", The Jamaica Gleaner, 17 October 2009. {{dead link|date=August 2015}}</ref> |
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Carolyn Gomes OJ (born 30 March 1958 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a Jamaican human rights activist. She is also the co-founder and now the past Executive Director of Jamaicans for Justice. Gomes resigned as the Executive Director of Jamaicans for Justice due to controversy surrounding the JFJ introducing sex education material into a number of private children's homes in Jamaica that was deemed inappropriate.[1][2][3]
On 10 December 2008, Gomes received the prestigious United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights.[4] On 19 October of the next year, she was honored with the Order of Jamaica, in recognition of her advocacy for human rights.[5]
References
- ^ http://rjrnewsonline.com/local/dr-carolyn-gomes-resigns-from-jamaicans-for-justice.asp [dead link]
- ^ http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/html/20041210T230000-0500_71182_OBS_GOMES_ATTENDS_HUMAN_RIGHTS_WORKSHOP_IN_GERMANY.asp [dead link]
- ^ http://jamaicansforjustice.org/whoweare/overview/ [dead link]
- ^ http://www.un.org/ga/president/63/letters/humanrightsprize11208.pdf Archived 2012-10-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "National Awards set for Monday", The Jamaica Gleaner, 17 October 2009. [dead link]
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