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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

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 honoured on International Women’s Day next year. Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon....

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)

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).

State Minister Wants More Funding To Train Persons Who Provide Support For Vulnerable Groups

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.

Gender Ministry Signs Agreement With UNFPA To Tackle Violence Against Women And Girls

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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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Baseline Assessment Of Pregnancy Risk Factors Among High-School Students Being Conducted

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. “This has come about because of a study we did in 2014 looking at the operation of the Victoria Jubilee Hospital teen clinic, and the findings suggested that the eastern part of the island and...

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).

5 years ago Gender Affairs

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,...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, addresses the sitting of the House of Representatives at the Jamaica Conference Centre on November 24.

5 years ago Gender Affairs

Bureau Of Gender Affairs Officers Dispatched To Tryall Heights

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 community of Tryall Heights, St. Catherine, to provide support, following the recent killing of a grandmother and her two granddaughters. “As a St. Catherine Member of Parliament, as a Minister, as a mother, as a...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, addresses the House of Representatives at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston, on November 24.

5 years ago Gender Affairs

First Shelter For Abused Women Now Operational

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 shelters form part of the Government’s efforts to provide support to women and children impacted by gender-based violence, as well as other forms of abuse. Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange,...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, speaks at a church service held on Sunday, (November 22) at the Power of Faith Ministries in Portmore, St Catherine, to mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (IDEVAW).

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Don’t Turn A Blind Eye To Violence Against Women And Girls – Minister Grange

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 women and girls. She was speaking at a church service to mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (IDEVAW) held at the Power of Faith Ministries in Portmore, St Catherine, on Sunday...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, addresses the sitting of the House of Representatives on Tuesday (November 17).

5 years ago Gender Affairs

Men Encouraged To Participate In #mentorMe2020

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 is aimed at connecting boys at the secondary school level with positive male role models. Through the initiative, being spearheaded by the Bureau of Gender Affairs (BGA), boys will benefit from support and guidance from...