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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (second left), accepts one of 1,400 hygiene and nutrition packages from Chargé d
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (second left), accepts one of 1,400 hygiene and nutrition packages from Chargé d'Affaires at the High Commission of Canada, Kevin Gilhooly (third left), at a recent handover ceremony, at the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation in St. Andrew. Others pictured (from left) are Chairman of the Centre, Debbyann Brown Salmon; Country Advisor, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Richard Kelly, and Principal Director for Gender Affairs at the Ministry, Sharon Coburn Robinson. The supplies are provided under the Canada-funded Enabling Gender Responsive Disaster Recovery (EnGenDer), and Climate and Environment Resilience in the Caribbean projects, from which a COVID-19 response and suport initiative has been developed to support vulnerable persons in 11 Caribbean countries. The project is being implemented by the UNDP, UN Women, the World Food Programme, and the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CEDEMA).

PHOTOS: Jamaica Gets Packages from the Canada-funded Enabling Gender Responsive Disaster

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (second left) speaking with (from left) Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith; Opposition Senator, Gabriela Morris; and President of the Jamaica Women’s Political Caucus, Merline Daley, at the Women Parliamentarians Breakfast on Tuesday (December 8) at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (second left) speaking with (from left) Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith; Opposition Senator, Gabriela Morris; and President of the Jamaica Women’s Political Caucus, Merline Daley, at the Women Parliamentarians Breakfast on Tuesday (December 8) at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.

Mrs. Simpson Miller, Dr. Mavis Gilmour Among Great Jamaican Women To Be Honoured
Executive Director of the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF), Dr. Zoe Simpson, speaking at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank held on Monday (November 30) at the JIS head office in Kingston.
Executive Director of the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF), Dr. Zoe Simpson, speaking at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank held on Monday (November 30) at the JIS head office in Kingston.

Adolescent Mothers Coping Well
State Minister in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Alando Terrelonge. (File Photo)
State Minister in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Alando Terrelonge. (File Photo)

Youth Encouraged not to Surrender to Social Pressure
Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn (second left); and Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (second right), engage in discussion with (from left) Community Support Advisor, UNAIDS Country Office Jamaica, Rubén Pagés; Deputy Head, European Union (EU) Delegation to Jamaica, Fredrik Ekfeldt; and Executive Director, Jamaica AIDS Support for Life (JASL), Kandasi Levermore. They were in attendance at a public forum and research dissemination seminar on HIV/AIDS and Access to Justice, held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel on Thursday (November 26).
Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn (second left); and Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (second right), engage in discussion with (from left) Community Support Advisor, UNAIDS Country Office Jamaica, Rubén Pagés; Deputy Head, European Union (EU) Delegation to Jamaica, Fredrik Ekfeldt; and Executive Director, Jamaica AIDS Support for Life (JASL), Kandasi Levermore. They were in attendance at a public forum and research dissemination seminar on HIV/AIDS and Access to Justice, held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel on Thursday (November 26).

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Minister Grange Outraged at Killing of Woman in Church

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has expressed shock and outrage at the killing of a woman during a church service in Falmouth, Trelawny on Sunday. The police report that Andrea Lowe-Garwood was in a worship session at her church on Sunday morning when a man posing as a member of the congregation walked...
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Help for Homeless Mother and Child

The woman who was featured on national television sleeping on the street with her young child is getting help. The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, says the woman has been taken from the street “and at this time she is in a facility with her son.” According to Minister Grange, “provision has been made...
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Project Launched To Advance Gender And Climate Change Agenda

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 officially launched during a virtual ceremony, held today (January 21). The project, ‘Facilitating a Gender Responsive Approach to Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in Jamaica’, is being financed by a grant of US$270,000 from the...
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Spotlight Initiative Jamaica launches Virtual Roundtables on Local Laws

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 Roundtables on local legislation underpinning the protection of women and girls from violence. The series, led by UNDP Multi Country Office in Jamaica, kicked off in December with a lunchtime roundtable on Jamaica's draft Sexual...
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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (centre), displays signed implementing partnership agreement between the Ministry (Bureau of Gender Affairs) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston, on Wednesday (November 25). The agreement forms part of local efforts to eradicate violence against women and girls. With the Minister (from left) are Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Denzil Thorpe; Gender Based Violence Specialist, UNFPA, Elga Salvador; Minister Counsellor/Deputy Head of the European Delegation, Frederik Ekfeldt; and Principal Director, Gender Affairs, Sharon Coburn Robinson. Occasion was the observance of International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (IDEVAW) to mark the launch of 16 days of activism against gender-based violence.
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Gender Ministry Signs Agreement With UNFPA To Tackle Violence Against Women And Girls

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 efforts to eradicate violence against women and girls. This has been done through the Bureau of Gender Affairs, under the European Union (EU)-funded Spotlight Initiative. The Spotlight Initiative is a global, multi-year partnership between the...
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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, emphasises a point as she addresses the sitting of the House of Representatives on Tuesday (November 24).
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Jamaica Must Recommit To Ending Domestic Abuse – Minister Grange

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 as a way to discipline children. “It’s time we decide as a nation that we will stop beating our pickney. We must end all acts of violence and abuse in our homes, in our communities,...
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