Youth activists are key focus of Caribbean violence prevention summit
Monday, January 14, 2019
by CARICOM
THE TWO-DAY SUMMIT WILL EVALUATE VIOLENCE PREVENTION SOLUTIONS.

To combat youth crime and violence in the Caribbean, a region that has the highest rate of victimization by homicide, assault, and threat in the world, the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the CARICOM Secretariat, UNICEF, the Caribbean Development Bank, the Commonwealth Secretariat, the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States Commission, and the Caribbean Learning for Youth Networking and Change Sessions (LYNCS) Network will host a two-day summit to examine and redefine violence prevention solutions.

The Caribbean Summit on Youth Violence Prevention, held in Georgetown, Guyana on January 15-16, will convene leaders from youth movements, governments, civil society, development organizations and academia, to design transformational youth-centered action to combat crime and violence and address constraints that youth activists face in improving safety outcomes in their communities.

The sessions will take place at the Guyana Marriott Hotel Georgetown, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Key sessions will be streamed live on CFYR’s Facebook and Instagram pages.