A project aimed at strengthening the nation’s institutional coordination, promoting gender responsive climate action and ensuring that policies, programmes and projects address gender inequalities, was …
Targeting laws that protect women and girls from violence The European Union/United Nations (UN) Spotlight Initiative (SI) in Jamaica has launched a series of Virtual …
Former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller; and former Cabinet Minister, Dr. Mavis Gilmour, are among 25 great Jamaican women who will be …
The Ministry of Health and Wellness is currently carrying out a baseline assessment of select risk factors of pregnancy among high-school students in eastern Jamaica. …
A study on the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on adolescent mothers shows that 72 per cent of the girls are “coping well”. Executive …
Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Hon. Alando Terrelonge is urging young people not to surrender to social …
Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, says he will be proposing greater funding for the training …
The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport has signed an implementing partnership agreement with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) as part of local …
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, says Jamaica must renew its commitment to ending domestic abuse as well as using violence …
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, says that officers from the Bureau of Gender Affairs (BGA) have been dispatched to the …
The first of three national shelters being established by the Government for women who are victims of abuse and their children is now operational. The …
Madam Speaker: Yesterday we got up to the very sad news of the horrific killing of a grandmother and her two grand daughters in Tryall …
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, is appealing for Jamaicans “not to turn a blind eye” to acts of violence against …
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, is calling on the country’s men to participate in the #mentorMe2020 Male Mentorship Programme, which …
Jamaican men and boys are being encouraged to participate in a push-up challenge in observance of International Men’s Day (IMD) 2020, on Thursday, November 19. …
Madame Speaker, As Minister with portfolio responsibility for Gender Affairs, I rise in this Honourable House to acknowledge the commemoration of International Men’s Day (IMD), …
A number of activities are being organised in observance of International Men’s Day (IMD) on Thursday, November 19 under the theme ‘A Man’s Health is …
Men are being urged to develop and engage in healthy lifestyle practices in order to improve their physical and mental wellbeing during the coronavirus (COVID-19) …
“The place is nice and clean and ready, except for one and two things,” said the Minister of Culture, Gender Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable …
The first of three national shelters being established across the island to house abused women is scheduled to open shortly. Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment …
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