womens affairs
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CARICOM seeking support for women, teenage girls and children
he prime minister of St Kitts and Nevis had the ear of former US President Bill Clinton yesterday at a Clinton Global Initiative event in New York City. Timothy Harris was there in his capacity as CARICOM’s lead head on human resources, health and HIV/AIDS, holding discussions aimed at promoting and safeguarding the sexual and reproductive health of women, adolescent…
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Women and slavery
Do you remember the days of slavery?” Jamaican Roots Reggae artist Burning Spear asks in his 1975 song ‘Slavery Days’. He was referring of course to the dark 400-year period of our global history during which more than 18 million men, women and children were victims of the horrific transatlantic trade in humans that saw their movement from the continent…
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Statement of Caribbean women, women’s organizations and other civil society organizations on the occasion of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) 59, Beijing + 20
We, women of the Caribbean Regional Network of Organizations and our allies, form part of a global movement dedicated to ensuring that our Governments and other actors respect, protect and guarantee the full enjoyment of the human rights of all women and girls. On the eve of the 20th anniversary of the commitments made in the Beijing Declaration and the…
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CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL WANTS A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RURAL WOMEN IN CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, has called for a recommitment of efforts to provide the enabling environment that would improve the quality of life of rural women. In statement to mark International Women’s Day 2012, Ambassador LaRocque stressed the importance of addressing the special needs of rural women and girls as this…
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REMARKS DELIVERED ON BEHALF OF THE UN WOMEN REGIONAL PROGRAMME DIRECTOR, MS. ROBERTA CLARKE, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE CARIBBEAN ARTISTS UNITING AGAINST GENDER BASED VIOLENCE WORKSHOP, 18 JULY 2011, PARAMARIBO, SURINAME
Ladies and Gentlemen, good afternoon: Let me on behalf of the UN Women Regional Programme Director (RPD) Ms. Roberta Clarke, extend our sincere appreciation to the Government of Suriname, to the Representatives of the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of Culture present today for your partnering with UN Women and CARICOM Secretariat for the hosting of this workshop,…
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