CARICOM Secretariat celebrates International Women’s Day 2015

In recognition of International Women’s Day which is observed on Sunday March 8, 2015, the Documentation Centre at the CARICOM Secretariat has mounted a display to mark the occasion.

According to the UN Women website, International Women’s Day will highlight the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, a historic roadmap signed by 189 governments 20 years ago that sets the agenda for realizing women’s rights. While there have been many achievements since then, many serious gaps remain.

The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day is the clarion call of UN Women’s Beijing+20 campaign ‘Empowering Women, Empowering Humanity: Picture it!’

In her message for International Women’s Day 2015, UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka said gender parity must be reached before 2030, so that the sluggish trajectory of progress can be reversed that condemns a child born today to wait 80 years before they see an equal world. She calls on all countries to “step it up” for gender equality, to reach ‘Planet 50-50’ before 2030. See video message below.

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