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Carolyn Gomes

b. 1958

Jamaican human rights activist

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Born 1958. Carolyn Gomes is a Jamaican pediatrician and human rights defender.

The Honourable Carolyn Gomes, O.J. (born 30 March 1958 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a Jamaican human rights activist. She is also the co-founder and now the past executive director of Jamaicans for Justice. Gomes resigned as the executive director of Jamaicans for Justice due to controversy surrounding the JFJ introducing sex education material into a number of private children's homes in Jamaica that was deemed inappropriate. Since 2014 Carolyn Gomes has been serving as the executive director of Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition (CVC).

Carolyn is medical doctor, she got her MB and BS degree from the West Indies in 1980. She then continued her education in United Kingdom and specialized in Pediatrics.She stopped her practice to become executive director of Jamaicans For Justice.

Executive Director of Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition (CVC) since January 2014

On 10 December 2008, Gomes received the prestigious United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights. On 19 October of the next year, she was honored with the Order of Jamaica, in recognition of her advocacy for human rights.

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United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights

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Who is Carolyn Gomes?

Jamaican human rights activist

When was Carolyn Gomes born?

Carolyn Gomes was born on 30 March 1958 in Kingston.

What is Carolyn Gomes's occupation?

Carolyn Gomes is a pediatrician and human rights defender.

What nationality is Carolyn Gomes?

Carolyn Gomes is Jamaican.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Carolyn Gomes

· Wikidata: Q1044641

· DBpedia: Carolyn Gomes

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