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International Women’s Day

Observing International Women’s Day 2018 at the CARICOM Secretariat

Michelle Nurse Mar 15, 2018 0

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat joined the world in observing International Women's Day last Thursday. A Forum under the theme Gender Equality: A Pre requisite for Progress was organised by the Human and Social…
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#PressForProgress – International Women’s Day

Kendol Morgan Mar 7, 2018 0

MESSAGE FROM AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY ON THE OCCASION OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 8 MARCH, 2018 It is a distinct honour and pleasure for me to celebrate our women and girls across the Caribbean…
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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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