03/02/2017
A look inside Belize’s first child-friendly family court
https://www.unicef.org/stories/look-inside-belize-first-child-friendly-family-court
PUNTA GORDA, Belize, 2 March 2017, – It is a hot December morning in Punta Gorda, Belize. The sky is cloudless and the sun is dazzling. By 9:30 a.m. the immaculate white court building is buzzing with activity. As a line forms outside, Ms. Tricia Collins, the court’s Intake and Welfare Officer, waits patiently to greet each new person. Opened in January 2016, Punta Gorda’s family…