(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana – Monday, 28 Sept. 2020) – Actions to prevent and eliminate violence against women are being strengthened by the Caribbean Community and partners with a newly launched programme called the Spotlight Initiative Regional Programme Caribbean. The programme is so named as it is intended to bring focused attention to this […]
September 24, 2020 – The Women’s Voice and Leadership – Caribbean project today announced the 27 women’s rights organizations from eight CARICOM countries that will benefit from CAD$4.8 million that Canada has committed to support the efforts of women’s rights organizations in the region. The selection of the new grantees is the result of a […]
On Wednesday, August 26, 2020, the U.S. Embassy in Barbados held a closing ceremony for its inaugural Women in Politics Leadership Institute (WIPLI). The program, which was designed to encourage young women in the Eastern Caribbean to increase their personal involvement in civic participation, including community organizing and elections, culminated in a graduation ceremony meant […]
Grenada’s First National Study on Gender-Based Violence findings included in the new “Caribbean Women Count: The Ending Violence against Women and Girls Data Hub” for GBV prevalence in 5 Caribbean countries. St. George’s, Grenada: August 18, 2020: 1 in every 3 women in Grenada has or will experience Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) in their […]
By Mark Lowcock (UN OCHA) and Dr Natalia Kanem (UNFPA) In a week in which people in some parts of the world have been given cause for optimism that they have passed the peak of the pandemic, we have seen how the extraordinary actions of individuals can change the trajectory for a whole nation. Retired […]
All across the region eager young women filed into the branches and offices of regional bank CIBC FirstCaribbean to “fill” a variety of positions for the day, on Friday March 8. The “job shadow” was one of the bank’s key activities across its 16-member regional footprint to mark International Women’s Day observed around the world […]
San José, Costa Rica, 17 October 2018 (IICA). The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) celebrated International Day for Rural Women and announced new and innovative work plans to empower and give greater visibility to this neglected sector of the population. During the event, which was presided over by Renato Alvarado, the Minister of Agriculture […]
The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) called on countries to urgently develop solid, long-term public policies for the benefit of women living in rural areas. The Institute also cautioned that, unless public authorities and civil society pay greater attention to the vulnerability of rural women, the divide would become deeper, generating painful social […]
