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'''''The Honourable''''' '''Carolyn Gomes''', [[Order of Jamaica|O.J.]] (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>{{cite web|url=http://jamaicansforjustice.org/whoweare/overview/ |accessdate=14 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130506101924/http://jamaicansforjustice.org/whoweare/overview/ title=Jamaicans for Justice|website=jamaicansforjustice.org|archivedate=6 May 2013 }}</ref>.Since 2014 Carolyn Gomes has been serving as the Executive Director of Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition (CVC). <ref>https://www.developingngo.org/amo-team/carolyn-gomes/</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cvccoalition.org/|title=Welcome to CVC Coalition|website=CVC Coalition}}</ref>
'''''The Honourable''''' '''Carolyn Gomes''', [[Order of Jamaica|O.J.]] (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>{{cite web|url=http://jamaicansforjustice.org/whoweare/overview/ |accessdate=14 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130506101924/http://jamaicansforjustice.org/whoweare/overview/|title=Jamaicans for Justice|website=jamaicansforjustice.org|archivedate=6 May 2013 }}</ref>.Since 2014 Carolyn Gomes has been serving as the Executive Director of Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition (CVC). <ref>https://www.developingngo.org/amo-team/carolyn-gomes/</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cvccoalition.org/|title=Welcome to CVC Coalition|website=CVC Coalition}}</ref>


Carolyn is medical doctor, she got her MB and BS degree from the West Indies in 1980. <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hivhumanrights.org/about-us/who-we-are/dr-j-carolyn-gomes/|title=UNAIDS Reference Group on HIV and Human Rights &#124; Dr J. Carolyn Gomes}}</ref>She then continued her education in United Kingdom and specialized in Pediatrics.She stopped her practice to become executive director of Jamaicans For Justice.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://old.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20030330/out/out1.html|title=Jamaica Gleaner Online|website=old.jamaica-gleaner.com}}</ref>
Carolyn is medical doctor, she got her MB and BS degree from the West Indies in 1980. <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hivhumanrights.org/about-us/who-we-are/dr-j-carolyn-gomes/|title=UNAIDS Reference Group on HIV and Human Rights &#124; Dr J. Carolyn Gomes}}</ref>She then continued her education in United Kingdom and specialized in Pediatrics.She stopped her practice to become executive director of Jamaicans For Justice.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://old.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20030330/out/out1.html|title=Jamaica Gleaner Online|website=old.jamaica-gleaner.com}}</ref>
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Executive Director of Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition (CVC) since January 2014
Executive Director of Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition (CVC) since January 2014


On 10 December 2008, Gomes received the prestigious [[United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights]].<ref>https://www.un.org/ga/president/63/letters/humanrightsprize11208.pdf {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023235919/http://www.un.org/ga/president/63/letters/humanrightsprize11208.pdf |date=23 October 2012 }}</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. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091020061912/http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20091017/news/news1.html |date=20 October 2009 }}</ref>
On 10 December 2008, Gomes received the prestigious [[United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights]].<ref>[https://www.un.org/ga/president/63/letters/humanrightsprize11208.pdf] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023235919/http://www.un.org/ga/president/63/letters/humanrightsprize11208.pdf |date=23 October 2012 }}</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. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091020061912/http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20091017/news/news1.html |date=20 October 2009 }}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 19:50, 10 October 2019

The Honourable Carolyn Gomes, O.J. (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].Since 2014 Carolyn Gomes has been serving as the Executive Director of Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition (CVC). [4] [5]

Carolyn is medical doctor, she got her MB and BS degree from the West Indies in 1980. [6]She then continued her education in United Kingdom and specialized in Pediatrics.She stopped her practice to become executive director of Jamaicans For Justice.[7]

Executive Director of Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition (CVC) since January 2014

On 10 December 2008, Gomes received the prestigious United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights.[8] On 19 October of the next year, she was honored with the Order of Jamaica, in recognition of her advocacy for human rights.[9]

References

  1. ^ [1] [dead link‍]
  2. ^ [2] [dead link‍]
  3. ^ "Jamaicans for Justice". jamaicansforjustice.org. Archived from the original on 6 May 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  4. ^ https://www.developingngo.org/amo-team/carolyn-gomes/
  5. ^ "Welcome to CVC Coalition". CVC Coalition.
  6. ^ "UNAIDS Reference Group on HIV and Human Rights | Dr J. Carolyn Gomes".
  7. ^ "Jamaica Gleaner Online". old.jamaica-gleaner.com.
  8. ^ [3] Archived 23 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ "National Awards set for Monday", The Jamaica Gleaner, 17 October 2009. Archived 20 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine
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