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Executive Director of the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation, Dr. Zoe Simpson.

Companies Invited To Support WCJF Beneficiaries

Companies and individuals who wish to make donations to beneficiaries of the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF) can do so by contacting the entity’s locations across the island. About 500 adolescent and expectant mothers have been affected by the...

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange presents a 'dignity package' to an adolescent mother registered with the Women's Centre of Jamaica Foundation.

Minister Grange Announces Special Support For Adolescent Mothers

Chairman of the Mary Seacole Trust (MST) – United Kingdom (UK), Trevor Sterling (sixth right), with students of St. Jude’s Primary and St. George’s Girls Primary Schools, after presenting them with Mary Seacole buttons at a special event dubbed, ‘Welcome Home Mary Seacole’, on International Women’s Day (March 8), at the Lecture Hall of the Institute of Jamaica, Kingston. Also with the students are Vice Chairman of the MST – UK, Lisa Rodrigues (left), and Acting Chief Education Officer, Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Kasan Troupe (right).

Trailblazers To Receive Generation Equality Awards

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (fourth right), demonstrates the gender equality symbol during the official launch and ceremonial signing for the Spotlight Initiative, at the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), in St. Andrew, on March 9. He is joined by (from left): Women’s advocate and former President of Women’s Inc,, Joyce Hewett; Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith; Country Representative, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Jamaica, Mariko Kagoshima; Director, Sustainable Development Unit, Executive Office of the Secretary-General at the United Nations, New York, Michelle Gyles-McDonnough; Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange; Director for Latin America and Caribbean at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development, Jolita Butkevicience; and Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation to Jamaica, Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska.

PM Launches Spotlight Initiative To Empower Women And Girls

Jasmine Deen, University of the West Indies (UWI) student, who is visually impaired was last seen on Thursday, February 27

PM Calls On Jamaicans To Join The Search For Missing University Student

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (centre), demonstrates the gender equality symbol, during a forum dubbed: ‘Empowered and Equal,’ co-hosted by the Government of Canada, through the Canadian High Commission in Jamaica, and the Institute of Law and Economics (ILE), at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on Friday (March 6). Also participating in the exercise (from left) are: Director, ILE, Judith Wedderburn; Organization of American States (OAS) Country Representative in Jamaica, Jeanelle van GlaanenWeygel; Chairperson and National Coordinator Governor-General’s Programme for Excellence, Sonja Simms; Canadian High Commissioner to Jamaica, Her Excellency Laurie Peters; Assistant Director, Juvenile Services, Department of Correctional Services, Eileen Gardner; and Founder, ILE, Professor Rosalea Hamilton.

6 years ago Gender Affairs

Jamaica Ranked 42nd In Global Progress Towards Achieving Gender Parity

Jamaica ranks highly among the countries making significant progress towards achieving gender parity, sitting 42nd out of 153 nations, as outlined in the recent Global Gender Gap Report. Gender parity is a statistical measurement for female-to-male ratio for indicators such as income and education. Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, who made the announcement, said Jamaica...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (left), in discussion with (from second left): Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal, University of the West Indies (UWI) Open Campus, Dr. Luz Longsworth; and University Director of the Institute for Gender and Development Studies, UWI Mona Campus, Professor Opal Palmer Adisa. Occasion was a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signing ceremony at the UWI Regional Headquarters on February 28. Under the MoU, the Government will partner with the UWI Open Campus to provide training and research in the area of sexual harassment over the next three years.

6 years ago Gender Affairs

Minister Wants Sexual Harassment Bill Passed By Second Half Of Year

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, says the Government is working to have the Sexual Harassment Bill passed into law by the second half of the calendar year. The Bill, which outlines the types of conduct that constitute sexual harassment and prohibits certain related conduct, was tabled by Miss Grange in the House of Representatives in...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (seated left), signs a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which will see the Government partnering with the UWI Open Campus to provide training and research in the area of sexual harassment over the next three years. Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal, University of the West Indies (UWI) Open Campus, Dr. Luz Longsworth (seated, right), also signed the document. The ceremony took place at the UWI Regional Headquarters on February 28. Observing (from left) are: Permanent Secretary in the Culture Ministry, Denzil Thorpe; Senior Director, Gender Affairs, Bureau of Gender Affairs, Sharon Coburn Robinson; University Director of the Institute for Gender and Development Studies, UWI Mona Campus, Professor Opal Palmer Adisa; and Head, Hugh Shearer Labour Studies Institute, UWI Open Campus, Danny Roberts.

6 years ago EducationGender Affairs

Government Partners With UWI For Research On Sexual Harassment

The Government will be partnering with the University of the West Indies (UWI), Open Campus, over the next three years, to provide training and research on sexual harassment in the workplace and related matters. Specifically, the collaboration is between the Bureau of Gender Affairs (BGA), under the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, and the Hugh Shearer Labour Studies...

(FILE) Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, addresses Members of the House of Representatives on Tuesday (February 11), after tabling the Estimates of Expenditure for the 2020/21 fiscal year.

6 years ago Budget 2020/2021Finance & Public ServiceGender Affairs

Project To Reduce Teen Pregnancy Gets $9 Million In Budget

A project aimed at lowering teen pregnancy rates has received $9 million in the 2020/2021 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The allocation, which is for the Technical Support to Reduce Teenage Pregnancy Programme, will go towards providing contraceptive commodities to 500 adolescent mothers, and conducting public awareness sessions on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (ASRH) issues....

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange.

6 years ago Gender AffairsGovernor GeneralThrone Speech 2020

First National Women’s Shelter To Be Opened Soon

As part of efforts to support victims of gender-based violence, the Government will be increasing the number of shelters for abused women. This was disclosed by Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, while delivering the Throne Speech at the ceremonial opening of Parliament on Tuesday (February 11). Giving an update on the development of shelters for abused...

6 years ago Budget 2020/2021Finance & Public ServiceGender Affairs

Work To Continue On Facility For Teen Mothers In St. Elizabeth

The Government has allocated approximately $25.2 million to complete construction of the Women's Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF) Santa Cruz Outreach Centre in St Elizabeth. Details of the project are outlined in the 2020/21 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. Establishment of the facility will strengthen delivery of the WCJF's Programme for Adolescent Mothers (PAM) and expand...

Chief Executive Officer for First Heritage Cooperative Credit Union Limited (FHC), Roxann Linton (right), presents Past President and Acting Executive Director for the Woman Inc. Crisis Centre, Joyce Hewett (2nd right), and her colleagues (from left): Public Relations Coordinator, Tatiana Answer, and Public Education Coordinator, Angela Clarke, with a cheque in the sum of $350,000 during a handover ceremony at the Ministry of Finance and Public Service in Kingston on Friday (February 7). The donation represents part proceeds from the 2019 Civil Service Week (CSW)/FHC 5K Walk/Run in Kingston. Woman Inc. also received a donation of $150,000 from Cuna Caribbean Jamaica Insurance Limited.

6 years ago Gender Affairs

Civil Service Week Steering Committee And Partners Donate $500,000 To Woman INC.

The Civil Service Week (CSW) Steering Committee and its main partner, First Heritage Co-operative (FHC) Credit Union, along with Cuna Caribbean Jamaica Insurance Limited, have donated $500,000 to the Woman Inc. Crisis Centre, which will be used to repair the roof of one of the organization’s shelters in Kingston. The donation includes $350,000 from the Steering Committee, which represents part...