gender

March 8, 2015
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Opinion: It’s time to step it up for gender equality

UNITED NATIONS, (IPS) – If we look at the headlines or the latest horrifying YouTube clip, Mar. 8 – International Women’s Day – may seem a bad time to celebrate equality for women. But alongside the stories of extraordinary atrocity and everyday violence lies another reality, one where more girls are in school and more are earning qualifications than ever…
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March 8, 2015
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Gender Equality is a strong driver of growth says CDB President

STATEMENT by Dr. William Warren Smith President of the Caribbean Development Bank on International Women’s Day 2015 Today March 8, 2015 we join the people of the region in commemorating International Women’s Day. This year marks significant milestones in the global development agenda, including the 20th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the adoption of a…
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March 7, 2015
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Saluting our Women – Jamaica PM Portia Simpson-Miller

The Most Honourable Portia Lucretia Simpson Miller O.N., M.P. first became Jamaica’s seventh Prime Minister in March 2006 and was conferred with the Order of the Nation in May 2006. Prime Minister Simpson Miller’s ascension to Jamaica’s highest political office, came after having served for 17 years as a Cabinet Minister with portfolio responsibility for Labour, Social Security and Sport; Tourism,…
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March 6, 2015
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‘Make it happen’ – Gender Affairs encourages women

Basseterre, St. Kitts, (SKNIS): The theme selected for this year’s Gender Affairs Annual Breakfast and Award ceremony held in celebration of International Women’s Day is ‘Make It Happen’. According to a press release from the Gender Affairs Department, March 8, which is the day on which women are recognized internationally, is an opportunity to highlight and celebrate women while focusing on their…
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February 24, 2015
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Gender, climate change in focus at sanitation workshop

The Global Environment Facility-funded-Caribbean Regional Fund for Wastewater Management (GEF-CReW) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) will collaborate with the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and the Caribbean Water and Sewerage Association Inc. (CAWASA) to convene a one-week workshop on Governance and Sanitation in Antigua and Barbuda. The workshop began on Monday at the Grand Royal Antiguan Beach Resort. According…
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February 23, 2015
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Opening Remarks Mr. Nigel Romano Vice President Of Operations, Caribbean Development Bank Special First Meeting Of Directors Of Gender Bureaux Mar R Iott Courtyard, Christ Church, Barbados February 23, 2015

Good morning ladies and gentlemen . All protocols observed. It is my pleasure to share some thoughts with you all this morning at the opening of this Special First Meeting of Directors of Gender Bureaux. The Bank is particularly encouraged to see the decisive steps being taken by the CARICOM Secretariat towards a Plan of Action on Gender Equality aligned…
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February 22, 2015
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Women’s issues in focus at Barbados forum

Directors and coordinators of the Women’s Gender Bureaux from Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will meet in Barbados on February 23 and 24. The aim of the meeting is to discuss preparations for the Fifty-Ninth Session of the Commission on the Status of Women, scheduled for 9–20 March 2015 in New York, and follow-up on deliberations from the Caribbean Technical Meeting on theBeijing + 20 Review convened by UN…
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February 17, 2015
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Caribbean’s different gender gap: women rise, men stagnate

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — When the young woman was preparing to open a business in Jamaica selling pipes, vaporizers and other smoking paraphernalia, some acquaintances suggested she would have difficulty succeeding in a niche trade dominated by men. Now, about a year-and-a-half after its launch at a hotel complex in Jamaica’s capital, Ravn Rae’s smoking supplies store is growing and…
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February 14, 2015
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U.N. Climate Talks Advance Link Between Gender and Climate Change

GENEVA, Feb 12 2015 (IPS) – A week of climate negotiations in Geneva, Switzerland Feb. 8-13 are setting the stage for what promises to be a busy year. In order to reach an agreement in Paris by December, negotiators will have to climb a mountain of contentious issues which continue to overshadow the talks. One such issue is the relevance…
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February 12, 2015
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Winner of CARICOM Triennial Award for Women heads UWI Cave Hill

For the first time in almost half-century of its existence, the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies in Barbados will be headed by a woman. The new principal is Professor Eudine Barriteau, who was appointed last August as principal of the University’s Open Campus but will now replace Sir Hilary Beckles, the new Vice-Chancellor who is…
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