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She was speaking at the official launch of CSW 2019 at the Ministry’s National Heroes Circle offices in Kingston on Wednesday (November 13).

Woman INC To Benefit From Civil Service Week Run/Walk

The Woman Incorporated Crisis Centre in Kingston is to benefit from the second staging of the Civil Service Week (CSW) charity run/walk. Chairman of the CSW Steering Committee, Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Lorna Phillips, said part proceeds...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, addresses the House of Representatives on Tuesday (November 5).

House Approves Report Of Committee Reviewing Sexual Offences Act And Related Legislation

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (left), in discussion with (from second left), Past President of the Rotary Club of Spanish Town, Roy Lafayette; and President of the club, Gail Dixon, shortly before the start of a meeting of the club at the Police Officers’ Club in St. Andrew, on Tuesday (October 15). Minister Grange was guest speaker at the event.

Eighty Residents Of Spanish Town To Graduate As Cosmetologists

Research Officer at the Bureau of Gender Affairs, Nashan Miller.

Bureau Of Gender Affairs To Implement Young Fathers Programme

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (centre), shares a point with Deputy Programme Manager, Gender and Development, CARICOM Secretariat, Ann-Marie Williams (third left); at the opening of the Men and Masculinity Workshop on Thursday (September 26) at Courtyard by Marriott hotel in New Kingston. Others participating in the discussion (from left) are President, Men of God Against Violence and Abuse, Rev. Jayson Downer; President, Caribbean Male Action Network, Dr. Peter Weller; Head of the European Union Delegation to Jamaica, Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska; Professor Emerita, University of the West Indies (UWI), Barbara Bailey; and Director, Bureau of Gender Affairs, Sharon Robinson.

Gov’t Committed To Addressing Issues Affecting Boys And Men – Grange

Executive Director of the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF), Dr. Zoe Simpson (left), speaking at a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank. Looking on is WCJF Examination Coordinator, Georgianna Galloway Hill.

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Women’s Centre Head Encourages Support For Adolescent Mothers

Executive Director of the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF), Dr. Zoe Simpson, is encouraging well-thinking individuals to support adolescent mothers who have reintegrated into the school system, to reduce the likelihood of their dropping out again. “We want to zero in on that period of reintegration because research shows that [at that stage] the girls are still at risk...

In an effort to keep young women comfortably occupied in the evenings at the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF) facility in Spanish Town, International Game Technology (IGT) donated a new air-conditioning unit to the facility’s After School Advantage Centre. Here, Technology Manager, IGT Jamaica, Rohan Williams (left) and Account Development Representative, IGT, Shana Forbes (second left), discuss with WCJF team members, Sheron Williams (second right) and Hughton McLeggan, how they can better assist the facility through an ongoing partnership, after the handover of the air-conditioning unit, recently.

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PHOTO: Donation To Women’s Centre In Spanish Town

In an effort to keep young women comfortably occupied in the evenings at the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF) facility in Spanish Town, International Game Technology (IGT) donated a new air-conditioning unit to the facility’s After School Advantage Centre. Here, Technology Manager, IGT Jamaica, Rohan Williams (left) and Account Development Representative, IGT, Shana Forbes (second left), discuss with WCJF...

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (second left), indicates his readiness for the second annual Civil Service Week (CSW) 5K Walk/Run, slated for Saturday, November 16. The event, which runs off from Emancipation Park in New Kingston, forms part of activities organised by the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service to mark CSW 2019, from November 17 to 22, under the theme, ‘Building and Sustaining a Culture of Excellence’. The event was launched during a function at the Courtleigh Hotel in New Kingston, on Friday (September 13). Others (from left) are Race Director and Head of Running Events Jamaica, Alfred Francis; Chief Executive Officer for the event’s main sponsor, First Heritage Co-operative Credit Union Limited (FHCCU), Roxann Linton; and Jamaica Civil Service Association (JCSA) President, O’Neil Grant.

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Woman Inc. Crisis Centres To Benefit From 5k Walk/Run

The Woman Incorporated (Woman Inc.) Crisis Centres will benefit from part proceeds raised in this year’s second staging of the Civil Service Week (CSW) 5K Walk/Run. Woman Inc. is a non-governmental organisation (NGO), which has been in operation for 35 years and provides assistance to victims of rape, incest, domestic violence, sexual harassment in the workplace and, more recently, human...

Director of Field Operations at the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation, Beverley Martin Berry, addressing a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) think Tank. The forum was held at the JIS’s Head Office in Kingston.

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Women’s Centre Encourages Diligent Monitoring of Teenagers in School During Holidays

The Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF) is encouraging parents, guardians and community members to monitor the activities of adolescents while schools are on holidays. This in light of reported increases in the registration of teenaged pregnant girls and adolescent mothers at the institution’s centres at the conclusion of these periods, according to Director of Field Operations, Beverley Martin Berry....

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

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Women’s Centre Improves Programme Offerings

The Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF) has made two changes to its Programme for Adolescent Mothers (PAM), which is delivered at the Centre’s 18 locations across the island. The changes, which came into effect at the start of the 2019/2020 academic year, involve increasing academic instruction from four to five days per week and the offering of three new...

Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange, speaking at the Kiwanis Club of North St. Andrew meeting held on Thursday (August 29) at the Police Officers’ Club, St. Andrew. The Minister, who was the guest speaker at the meeting, spoke on the topic ‘Jamaica’s cultural heritage/assets and plans to further develop our creative industries’.

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PHOTO: Minister Grange Addresses Kiwanis Club of North St. Andrew Meeting

Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange, speaking at the Kiwanis Club of North St. Andrew meeting held on Thursday (August 29) at the Police Officers’ Club, St. Andrew. The Minister, who was the guest speaker at the meeting, spoke on the topic ‘Jamaica’s cultural heritage/assets and plans to further develop our creative industries’.

Wife of the President of the Republic of Kenya, Her Excellency Margaret Kenyatta (centre) is presented with a gift by Chairman, Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF), Debby Ann Salmon (left), during a visit to the WCJF in St. Andrew on Monday (August 5). Looking on is Wife of the Governor-General, Her Excellency, the Most Hon. Lady Allen.

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Wife of Kenyan President Hails Work of Women’s Centre

Wife of the President of the Republic of Kenya, Her Excellency Margaret Kenyatta, has lauded the work of the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF) in helping adolescent mothers to stay in school. “This innovative initiative is a sanctuary that has given teenage girls, who would have otherwise dropped out of school, due to early pregnancy, a place to continue...