Black Friday March Against Rape

Black Friday March
Women's groups, members of the political directorate and citizen's participate in the Black Friday march against Rape and sexual crimes from Half-Way-Tree to Cross Roads on September 28, 2012.
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Black Friday March
The march was organised after five females of the same family were raped in their home in Irwin St. James. One of the victims was an 8-year-old girl.
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Black Friday March
Opposition spokesperson on Gender Affairs Olivia Grange and de facto Information Minister Sandrea Falconer, both in dark glasses, lead a protest against violence against women and children.
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Black Friday March
Jamaica was outraged by the rape of the five females as well as the sexual abuse of an 11-year-old girl allegedly by her 63-year-old granduncle.
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Black Friday March
A protester holds up a poster of Ananda Dean, an 11-year-old who was sexually abused and slain in 2008.
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Black Friday March
Members of the Hannah Town drama group participate in the march against violence against women and children.
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Black Friday March
Women clad in black participate in a Black Friday march in Half-Way-Tree protesting violence against women and children.
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Black Friday March
Persons from all walks of life gathered in the corporate area on September 28, 2012 to demonstrate their stand against violence against women and children. Here, members of the crowd march through Cross Roads.
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Black Friday March
A protester participating in the Black Friday march last week displays a placard recommending draconian action against rapists.
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Black Friday March
Fifteen organisations had agreed to endorse a planned demonstration by Woman Inc.
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Black Friday March
The Bureau of Women’s Affair was tasked with making the recommendations for protecting the rights of women following a meeting this week at the Office of the Prime Minister.
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Black Friday March
De facto Information Minister Sandrea Falconer said over the years several reports and studies have been put out on protecting the rights of women but there has been little or no action.
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Black Friday March
Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller had condemned the rape of the five females in St. James calling the perpetrators heartless and barbaric.
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