Global Center for behavioral Health (GCBH) warmly invites you to the annual Caribbean Conference on Domestic Violence and Gender Equality.

To engage advocates and professionals from domestic violence, health care and social service and policy makers in critical dialogues that will enable them to use in-depth information to impact their work in terms of practice, research, and policy.

To increase awareness and highlight the problem of domestic violence across the Caribbean region;
To understand the intersection of personal experiences and to inform program strategies;

To introduce and discuss challenges and innovative practices, programs, and partnerships among stakeholder: providers, public health programs, legal systems, social service agencies, domestic violence agencies, faith-based organizations, and advocates, for implementation of interventions and treatment for victims/survivors and offenders;
To build strategic alliances across the region and internationally, that lead to better identification, intervention and treatment for victims and offenders.

BREAKING THE SILENCE

Dear Colleagues,

Welcome to the second Caribbean Conference on Domestic Violence and Gender Equality & Climate Awareness Conference which will be held in Montego Bay, Jamaica for the very 1st time in history. CDVGE 2014 provides an exciting opportunity to share your work and to engage in a dynamic environment of learning. This year's focus is on the mental and social consequences of the global epidemic of gender inequality as the foundation of domestic violence and a host of other social ills. Presenters will share findings from their research and others will provide expertise on treatment and care.

Don't miss this opportunity for scholarship and networking. Remember to submit your abstracts and registration. CDVGE 2014 is organized by the Global Center for behavioral Health in conjunction with the Jamaica Red Cross, the University of the West Indies and other partners.

The Honorable guest an speakers are: Buckley Michel, Volunteer Founder: Men & Women Foundation To Stop The Violence, Gary Barker, PhD Director, Co-Chair, Men Engage Alliance,

Frederick Hickling FRCPsych Executive Director, Caribbean Institute of Mental Health and Substance Abuse:  Denise Chevannes-Vogel PhD, MScGender, HIV and Public Health Consultant: Jacqueline Patterson, MPH, MSW Director, NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program: Leith L. Dunn, PhDSenior Lecturer/Head, Institute for Gender and Development Studies, MONA, Jamaica: Melody Barnes, JDCEO, Melody Barnes Solutions, LLC, Former Assistant to the President Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council: Peter Weller, PhD Clinical Psychologist, University of the West Indies, Mona: Regional Director, CariMAN: Quinn M. Gentry, PhD, MBA Founder and CEO, Messages of Empowerment Production, LLC (TEAM-MOE): William Lawson, MD, PhD, DFAPA Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Howard University.

Be a part of the momentum. Join us in sun-kissed Jamaica.