In an article entitled: Registrar Calls on Jamaicans to Break the Silence the Jamaica Information Service reported on Saturday October 13  that:

On October 11 the first International Day of the Girl Child, the UNFPA Sub-regional Office for the Caribbean (SRO) in partnership with the Ministry of Youth in Jamaica, hosted a public forum on sexual violence under the theme: 'Ending Impunity for Sexual Violence: Breaking the Silence.’ In her welcome remarks, Ms. Geeta Sethi, Director, UNFPA SRO explained that although the global focus was on child marriage, based on recent events in Jamaica ( an upsurge in cases of sexual violence against women and girls) the decision was taken to focus on sexual violence. She said the forum was the first  in a series of conversations and discussions, "because this is an issue that we all need to talk about more, so that we can all understand what’s happening better and understand how we can find solutions to this.”