Caribbean Investigative Journalism Network - Producing …
网页Producing Groundbreaking Investigative Journalism. CIJN Staff Writers | July 26, 2024. There are mixed official and industry messages in a selection of Caribbean countries, but CIJN investigations have unearthed, at minimum, signs that the regional fisheries sector is currently confronting a variety of potentially disastrous challenges – both natural and human.
In This South American Nation, Rapes of Women, Young Girls, and ...
网页4 小时之前 — Victims Often Abandon Their Quest To Put Rapists Behind Bars; Police Are Slow To Act Clad in all black, the teary-eyed woman could barely compose herself in the witness box of Guyana’s High Court. The mother of the rape survivor was confronting her child’s rapist once again, this time to read her daughter’s letter. Fewer […]
In the Caribbean, Women and Girls Face Daily Threats of Sexual …
网页4 小时之前 — For many Caribbean women, few places are safe from the threat of rape or sexual violence. Women report experiencing sexual violence in their workplaces and being violated by people in their towns and villages. Many times, the places that should be the safest for women are the most dangerous: their own homes. Homes are where […]
She and Her Daughter Share the Same Father
网页4 小时之前 — Now 26, S (the initial of her first name) is mother to a 9-year-old daughter, a child born of unspeakable circumstances. S and her daughter share the same father. For two decades, S’s pleas for help were ignored. But in 2021, a spark of hope ignited when her father was charged with incest. S described the years of abuse as the “worst thing ...
For Young Victims of Sexual Assault, Getting Justice Means …
网页4 小时之前 — For the last 4 years, authorities in the twin-island nation have received more than 6,000 reports of child sex abuse cases. She curled her tiny body into a ball to fit inside the kitchen cupboard. It was dark and musty. Her four siblings were in the cupboard with her. Cheryl was five years old. Hiding away […]
In Tiny Montserrat, Girls at the Lone High School are Targeted by ...
网页4 小时之前 — Montserrat has a child grooming problem. In the last decade, dozens of teenage girls have become victims to older men who target them when they enter Montserrat Secondary School—the island’s lone high school. To entrap their victims, these men give the girls cash allowances, smartphones, groceries and rides home. The victimization of young girls became […]
Latrishka Thomas, Author at Caribbean Investigative Journalism …
网页4 小时之前 — Latrishka Thomas embarked on her journalism journey five years ago, driven by a spark of curiosity that quickly ignited into a fervent passion. Her first assignment—a coverage of a riot—was a transformative experience, revealing the power of storytelling to give a voice to the voiceless. At just 29, Latrishka is a proud first-generation college graduate, holding a BSc with honors in ...
Stories by Country - Caribbean Investigative Journalism Network
网页Caribbean Investigative Journalism Network (CIJN) is devoted to holding governments, corporations and institutions accountable. We enlist the region’s premier investigative journalists to report on issues of ultimate importance to the Caribbean, including climate change, human trafficking, transnational drug networks, government corruption ...
About CIJN - Caribbean Investigative Journalism Network
网页Acting in the public interest, the Caribbean Investigative Journalism Network is the region’s premier journalism organisation devoted to holding governments, corporations and other institutions accountable. Founded in 2018, CIJN produces groundbreaking storytelling about issues of ultimate importance to the Caribbean, including climate change, human trafficking, transnational drug networks ...
COVID in the Caribbean - Caribbean Investigative Journalism Network
网页No borders can repel COVID-19. When 52-year-old Ratna Baboolall left her home in Queens, N.Y. for a trip to her native Guyana, she unknowingly carried the virus to Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, where she was in transit to her village 15 minutes from Georgetown, the Guyanese capital. Before she died of the virus, she had sickened at least eight relatives, including her 59-year-old husband Ramnauth ...