Gender Equality

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Hon. Gloria Thomas outlines Grenada’s implementation of Gender Responsiveness, at 8th Plenary Meeting of Commission on the Status of Women

March 15, 2024

Minister for Social and Community Development, Housing, and Gender Affairs, Honourable Gloria Thomas, addressed the resumed General Discussion of the Commission on the Status of Women, Sixty-eighth Session (CSW68) on March 14, 2024, on the priority theme “Accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls, by addressing poverty and […]

Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress

March 8, 2024

Caribbean Family Planning Affiliation Message in Commemoration of INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2024 The Caribbean Family Planning Affiliation (CFPA) unites with women across the Caribbean and worldwide to commemorate International Women’s Day. Established in 1971, CFPA is unwavering in its commitment to women’s bodily autonomy, sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), and gender justice. As a pivotal player […]

Grenada to participate in Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue on Gender Equality and Sustainable Development, and an exchange among Caribbean Women’s Parliamentary Caucuses in St. Lucia

November 1, 2023

St. George: President of the Senate, Sen. The Honourable Dr. Dessima Williams, Speaker of the House, Honourable Leo Cato and Chair of the Parliamentary Women’s Caucus Grenada, Honourable Dr. Clarice Modeste Curwen, left the island today to represent Grenada at a Latin America and Caribbean meeting in St. Lucia. Under the four year Spotlight Initiative […]

Bridging the Gender Digital Divide is Critical to Achieve Women’s Autonomy and Substantive Equality in Latin America and the Caribbean

February 22, 2023

Today marked the inauguration of the Sixty-fourth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women, which is being held virtually through Thursday. (February 8, 2023) Women’s Affairs Ministers and other government authorities, along with representatives of the United Nations, international organizations and civil society, called today for bridging the gender digital divide in […]

Gender Advocate Wants More Awareness of Women’s Human Rights Treaty

December 2, 2021

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana – Wednesday, 1 December 2021) – As actions to prevent and end violence against women and girls around the world come into sharp focus during the 16 Days of Activism observed on November 25 – December 10, Professor Emerita of Gender, Social Change and Development at UWI (St. Augustine) Rhoda […]

Laws Still Restrict Women’s Economic Opportunities Despite Progress, Study Finds

February 24, 2021

Economic and social impact of COVID-19 pandemic reinforcing gender inequalities WASHINGTON, February 23, 2021 – Countries are inching toward greater gender equality, but women around the world continue to face laws and regulations that restrict their economic opportunity, with the COVID-19 pandemic creating new challenges to their health, safety, and economic security, a new World Bank […]

CDB hands over gender socialisation curriculum and training kit to UWI

October 4, 2018

October 4, 2018, BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Successfully addressing gender inequalities in the Region will require incorporating gender strategies in the educational system, especially at the early childhood level. Research has shown that children start to develop and exhibit stereotypical behaviour and perceptions from as early as five years old. These are not biological, but rather, socially constructed, […]

International Women’s Day OpEd 8 March 2018

March 8, 2018

By Ambassador Daniela Tramacere, Head of the EU Delegation to Barbados, the Eastern Caribbean States, the OECS, and CARICOM/CARIFORUM Today is International Women’s Day. It is not only a symbolic day on the calendar where the spotlight falls on women; it is an opportunity to seize and reflect on the progress made towards gender equality […]

Women In The Changing World Of Work: Planet 50-50 By 2030

March 7, 2017

Message by UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka on International Women’s Day, 8 March 2017 Across the world, too many women and girls spend too many hours on household responsibilities—typically more than double the time spent by men and boys. They look after younger siblings, older family members, deal with illness in the family […]

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