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  • Photo of IMF takes gender equality campaign to Jamaica

    IMF takes gender equality campaign to Jamaica

    The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said it will continue to enhance the analysis of the macroeconomic effects of gender inequality, including in its surveillance work, under which it oversees the international monetary system and monitors the economic and financial policies of its 188 member countries. The IMF emphasised that the World Bank and itself have recognised that gender equality and…

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  • CDB Urges Continued Focus on Gender Mainstreaming in Trade

    Regional trade policymakers are calling for further sensitisation and education on gender mainstreaming in their respective territories as they came to the end of Day two of Caribbean Development Bank’s (CDB) seminar on Gender Mainstreaming in Caribbean Trade Policies and Programmes, now on in Barbados. This, as delegates from across the region, looked at recent statistics, challenges and best practices…

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  • Photo of Gender Mainstreaming Integral to Region’s Future Foreign Trade Policies

    Gender Mainstreaming Integral to Region’s Future Foreign Trade Policies

    Regional trade policy makers are being urged to ensure that gender equality and gender mainstreaming is integral in their future foreign trade policies and national development strategies. This advice from representatives of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and the International Trade Centre (ITC) during Day One of a four-day seminar, examining Gender Mainstreaming in Caribbean Trade Policies and Programmes. The…

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  • CDB and ITC Host Gender Equality Training for Government and Private Sector Trade Officials

    The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is hosting some 50 trade officials from across the Region for a workshop focusing on the importance of gender equality in achieving national and regional trade goals and objectives.      The overall objective of the four-day workshop, “Gender Mainstreaming in Caribbean Trade Policies and Programmes: Promoting Gender Equality for Improved Trade and Development”, is…

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  • Implementation of CSME to be examined through gender lens

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The Twenty-Sixth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) got underway on Wednesday at the CARICOM Headquarters in Georgetown Guyana. The Council is being chaired by Minister of Health and Social Services from Montserrat, Hon. Colin Riley and is being hosted with support from the International Labour Organization (ILO), the UN…

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  • Equal and equitable gender participation under CSME should be ensured – Secretary General LaRocque

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The ability of men and women to participate equally and equitably in all aspects of life under the CSME must be ensured. Those were sentiments expressed by Secretary General of the Caribbean Community Ambassador Irwin LaRocque on Wednesday as he addressed the opening ceremony for the Twenty-Sixth Meeting of the Council for Human and…

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  • Photo of CARICOM Secretariat celebrates girls in ICT with interactive session, exhibit

    CARICOM Secretariat celebrates girls in ICT with interactive session, exhibit

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     An interactive session, hosted by the CARICOM Secretariat to commemorate Girls in ICT Day, opened this morning at the Secretariat’s headquarters in Georgetown, Guyana. The Deputy Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, Ambassador Manorma Soeknandan in her remarks to the gathering noted that observance of the day at the Secretariat showed continued solidarity with the…

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  • Celebrating girls in ICT

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)      Girls in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are preparing to join their counterparts worldwide on Thursday 24 April, to call attention to the opportunities available to them in the field of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). On Thursday, International Girls in ICT Day will be observed under the theme Expanding Horizons And Changing Attitudes. The…

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  • Data for Action Measuring Prevalence to Respond to Gender-Based Violence

    Data for Action: Measuring Prevalence to Respond to Gender-Based Violence Despite notable efforts by authorities, service providers and academia to record and track the incidence of gender-based violence (GBV) in the Caribbean, lack of comprehensive, systematic, nationally-owned data remains a serious bottleneck in responding to and preventing GBV, including its most prevalent form – that of violence against women. Subsequently,…

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  • Photo of Innovation is alive and well at CARIFESTA XI

    Innovation is alive and well at CARIFESTA XI

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)  Two of the most innovative aspects of CARIFESTA were declared open on Monday in Paramaribo, Suriname with the Caribbean Market Place for the Arts and the Youth Village. President of Suriname, His Excellency Desire Bouterse, First Lady Ingrid Bouterse and Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, left their vehicles behind and…

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