Ten women business owners will receive financial and business development support to scale up their business operations under the Women in Entrepreneurship Support (WES) Project Phase II. Under the project, participants will have access to a suite of business development services, including training, with the aim of building capacity, attracting investment opportunities, and increasing market share and revenue of small...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, is welcoming the establishment of a shelter for abused women, by Woman Inc, with funding of $14 million by the Embassy of Japan. Speaking at the handover of the facility in St. Andrew, today (August 19), the Minister noted that the development was made possible through partnering with Woman Inc,...

Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange, is inviting Jamaicans to join the virtual celebration of the country’s 59th anniversary of Independence.  With restrictions on live activities, due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Minister Grange said that events will be broadcast on national television or online to allow the public to participate from the safety and comfort of...

Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange, is urging increased support for the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation’s (WCJF) Advancing Secondary, Tertiary Remedial Education for Adolescent Mothers (A-STREAM) Programme. “I again make the appeal to corporate Jamaica and to individuals to come on stream with the A-STREAM programme,” she said, noting that with substantial support “there is no limit...

More than 60 adolescent parents will receive bursaries and scholarships valued at some $3.9 million from the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF), to help with their educational expenses. The presentations will be made at the third staging of the Advancing Secondary, Tertiary, Remedial Education for Adolescent Mothers (A-STREAM) awards ceremony on Thursday (July 29), at the WCJF’s headquarters in Kingston. The...

The House of Representatives on Tuesday (July 13) passed the Sexual Harassment (Protection and Prevention) Bill. The legislation addresses concerns about sexual harassment that is employment-related, occurring in institutions, or arising in the landlord and tenant relationship. Closing the debate on the Bill, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, said the legislation was not partial to...

The Joint Select Committee appointed to consider the Sexual Harassment Bill, has recommended that the time limit for the reporting of an incident of sexual harassment should be six years. This was disclosed by Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, as she opened the debate on the Report in the House of Representatives on July 6....