CALLING ALL FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS TO REGISTER FOR THE ACADEMY FOR WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS PROGRAMME !!! REGISTRATION DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 05, 2023 Program launches on November 13th, 2023. Only available to women/female entrepreneurs across Grenada, Carriacou & Petite Martinique. The selected candidates will receive intensive training to provide them with the expertise needed for launching and maintaining a successful business. PLEASE CLICK […]
New report highlights that, although 83% of PAHO Member States have included violence against women in their health plans or policies, only half recommend essential first-line support. Washington, DC, 30 November 2022 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) this week launched a new report assessing the status of health sector responses to violence against […]
It is a distinct honour and pleasure for me to celebrate our women and girls across the Caribbean Community on International Women’s Day. Today is an opportunity to celebrate the important contributions and tireless service that women around the world give every day at home, in their communities and beyond, and in every sphere of life. We […]
GRAND CAYMAN – May 24, 2021 – Ms. Alisha Moopen, Deputy Managing Director of Aster DM Healthcare and Lead for International Development, including Aster Cayman Medcity in the Cayman Islands, has been awarded the accolade of inclusion in the list of Women of Influence in the Arab World 2021. The list by CEO Middle East […]
It is certainly my pleasure to join with the Minister of Social Development, Housing and Community Empowerment, Honourable Delma Thomas in wishing all women, Happy International Women’s Day. Fellow Grenadians, as I reflect on this year’s theme for International Women’s Day, it brings to mind a history of strong, transformational female leadership which continues to […]
MIAMI, Florida (March 6, 2021) – Caribbean women are being celebrated for their tremendous efforts in helping the region’s countries and territories combat and recover from the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis. In a statement marking International Women’s Day on March 8, 2021, Vanessa Ledesma, Acting CEO and Director General of the Caribbean Hotel and […]
By António Guterres As the world marks International Women’s Day in the midst of a global pandemic, one stark fact is clear: the COVID-19 crisis has a woman’s face. The pandemic is worsening already deep inequalities facing women and girls, erasing years of progress towards gender equality. Women are more likely to work in sectors […]
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Marking 2021 International Women’s Day, CDB’s new Vice-President (Operations), Isaac Solomon noted that while there is much to celebrate, there is an urgent need to overcome the status quo. As the world grapples with the Covid-19 pandemic, women stand on the frontline, comprising over 70% of health and social care workers globally. […]
The strategy to urgently tackle this veritable “shadow pandemic” should be based on four pillars: funding, prevention, response and data collection. (November 25, 2020) The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) expressed its concern today over the persistence of gender-based violence against women and girls in the region and high rates of femicide, […]
