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International Women’s Day 2017

Time for advocacy, activism – CARICOM Secretariat on International Women’s Day

Michelle Nurse Mar 8, 2017 0

Many countries in CARICOM have taken ‘bold steps’ to enact legislation to promote the rights of women in conformance with the CEDAW Convention and based on CARICOM Model Legislation in eight areas, namely citizenship, domestic violence,…
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Valuing women’s unpaid work

Michelle Nurse Mar 8, 2017 0

DHAKA, Bangladesh, (IPS) - Women’s work remains unaccounted for even though the issue of unpaid work carried out by women is being discussed globally at the policy, academic as well as practitioners’ levels. Defined as “unpaid care…
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UN experts mark international Women’s Day saying equal rights should top agenda

Michelle Nurse Mar 8, 2017 0

GENEVA – A group of United Nations women’s human rights experts* are urging governments around the world to give the issue of women’s rights to equality high visibility and top political priority. They say the struggle to end…
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Girls don’t code? In the Caribbean, they lead tech startups!

Michelle Nurse Mar 8, 2017 0

Research shows that science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) are still male-dominated fields. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, in 2011 women occupied less than 25% of STEM jobs. Automation and advancements…
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