Gender-based violence workshops
Cayman Islands: Making the case that gender-based violence is not a women’s issue GRAND CAYMAN (GIS) – Gender violence prevention leadership training workshops challenged attendees to examine ways in which they can advance gender equality. The sessions, held on Thursday,…
Information and communications technologies are essential to the empowerment and success of poor rural women
UN agencies in Rome to mark International Women’s Day Rome, 7 March 2018 – The role of information communications technologies in supporting rural women’s economic empowerment, voice and status, will be the focus of discussions at the International Fund for…
The time is now for gender equality in the Caribbean
By MD Staff From Modern Diplomacy Building a strong and resilient Caribbean demands the equal involvement of women and men. The Caribbean has made significant progress in gender equality in recent years, particularly in women’s education and their participation in…
European diplomat says Caribbean women still yet to shatter glass ceiling
From Jamaica Observer BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC)— A senior European Union diplomat says while women in the Caribbean have made “outstanding strides” in recent years, they, like their European counterparts are still yet to completely shatter the glass ceiling. In a…
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Protest at Gonsalves UWI lecture
BY NELSON A. KING From Caribbean Life A public lecture at the University of the West Indies (UWI) by St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves was disrupted last Thursday night by a small group of placard-bearing…
Launch of the book “Women of Latin America and the Caribbean” (Mujeres de America Latina y el Caribe )
From UNESCO When, local time: Wednesday, 7 March 2018 – 11:00am to 1:00pm Where: France, Paris UNESCO and GRULAC pay tribute to women all around the world for their everyday work and struggle for a better world, where all human…
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Calling the young, gifted and Caribbean!
By KERYN NELSON From St Lucia Star The High Commission of Canada to Saint Lucia (and other neighbouring islands) is once again opening up its offices in Bridgetown, Barbados to two promising young people between the ages of 16 and…
March is Honouring Women Month in the Cayman Islands
GRAND CAYMAN (GIS) – The Department of Counselling Services’ Family Resource Centre (FRC) celebrates the achievements of women and calls for greater equality in its annual observance of Honouring Women Month, throughout March. This year’s International Women’s Day (Thursday, 8…
Thread about women’s choice of language at work will challenge everything you’ve been told
BY RACHEL THOMPSON From Mashable Women have a lot to contend with in the workplace. If they’re not getting mansplained, hepeated, or harassed, they’re being told they need to think, talk, and act like men. But, this Twitter thread by…
Caribbean Export and the Caribbean Development Bank partner to provide greater access to finance for women-owned businesses
Bridgetown, BARBADOS, February 20, 2018. Accessing finance to fund business ventures has long been an issue across the Caribbean, especially for women. Now that the Caribbean Export Development Agency and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) have joined forces to tackle…
