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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, makes his contribution to the 2019/20 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on April 23.
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, makes his contribution to the 2019/20 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on April 23.

Agriculture Minister Targets Women and Youth

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, says he is ensuring that at least 30 per cent of participants in the agriculture and entrepreneurship programmes under his portfolio are women and young people. He said that the...
Executive Director, Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF), Dr. Zoe Simpson.
Executive Director, Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF), Dr. Zoe Simpson.

WCJF Hosts Adolescent Mothers Parenting Conference April 16
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (left), is presented with a copy of the Inter-American Development Bank’s (IDB) latest publication - ‘Nurturing Institutions for a Resilient Caribbean’, by IDB Caribbean Country Manager, Therese Turner-Jones. The presentation was made during Thursday’s (April 12) High-level Policy Meeting on Masculinity in the Caribbean at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Regional Headquarters in St. Andrew. The meeting was jointly hosted by the IDB and UWI.
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (left), is presented with a copy of the Inter-American Development Bank’s (IDB) latest publication - ‘Nurturing Institutions for a Resilient Caribbean’, by IDB Caribbean Country Manager, Therese Turner-Jones. The presentation was made during Thursday’s (April 12) High-level Policy Meeting on Masculinity in the Caribbean at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Regional Headquarters in St. Andrew. The meeting was jointly hosted by the IDB and UWI.

Minister Grange Urges Women Suffering Domestic Abuse to Contact Bureau of Gender Affairs
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange

Grange Urges Change in the Way We Raise Boys to Deal with Violence Against Women
The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange discusses the significance of a heritage site featured in the publication
The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange discusses the significance of a heritage site featured in the publication 'Jamaica: Heritage in Pictures' by the Jamaica National Heritage Trust with Jamaica's High Commissioner-designate to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, His Excellency Arthur Williams. Mr Williams paid a courtesy call on the Minister at her offices in New Kingston on Wednesday, 10 April 2019.

PHOTOS: Grange Meets High Commissioner-Designate

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Grange Awards 50 Grants to Boost Cultural Economy in Accompong

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has awarded grants totalling $1.25M to 50 businesses in Accompong as part of her Ministry’s programme to boost economic activity in the culture-rich Maroon community. Minister Grange presented the grants during her Ministry’s Economic Opportunities Workshop in Accompong on Friday (today). The workshops, which began in September 2018,...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, ON, PC, MP
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Jamaica Mourns with New Zealand – PM Holness

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has described as a horrible tragedy, the attacks in Christchurch, New Zealand. Forty-nine people were killed, and 48 others seriously injured early this morning in New Zealand when at least two gunmen opened fire at a mosque. Prime Minister Holness has condemned the deadly shooting, asserting that terrorism has no place in society. “I received the...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, engages with Attorney M. Georgia Gibson Henlin, just before delivering the main address at the Henlin Gibson Henlin’s inaugural ‘Women in Law Jamaica’ conference at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Regional Headquarters in St. Andrew on Friday (March 8) under the theme ‘Celebrating Trailblazing Women in Law – Be Inspired’.
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Gov’t Pursuing Gender Equity for Inclusive Growth – PM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government is pursuing gender equity as a condition for inclusive socio-economic growth and development. As such, he said that many of the policy initiatives coming out of the 2019/20 Budget presentation will have significant impact for women, particularly those in the micro, small and medium-sized enterprise (MSME) sector. Mr. Holness was...
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University of the West Indies (UWI) Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the UWI Open Campus Dr. Luz Longsworth, speaking at first anniversary ‘Women of Courage’ luncheon for the charity organization, Sarah’s Children, at the S Hotel in Montego Bay, St James, on March 7.
Gender Affairs

Women in Leadership Encouraged to Assist Aspirants Hindered By Gender Inequality

Women in leadership are being encouraged to assist other females who are pursuing this goal, but have been hindered by gender inequality. This urging comes from University of the West Indies (UWI) Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the UWI Open Campus, Dr. Luz Longsworth, who expressed concern over the “dearth of balance” relating to women occupying leadership positions in Jamaica...
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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, speaking at an International Women’s Day Breakfast Forum at the Courtleigh Hotel in New Kingston on March 8. The event was jointly hosted by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Bureau of Gender Affairs (BGA), and Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC) under the theme: ‘Breaking Through to Next-Level Gender Equality in the Jamaican Workplace’.
Gender Affairs

Gov’t Remains Committed to Gender Equality

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, says the Government remains committed to promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls for sustainable development. “The Government affirms that gender equality is an essential requirement for attaining this. We remain committed to gender equality as a precondition for and indicator of a people-centred approach to national...
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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, speaking at an International Women’s Day Breakfast Forum at the Courtleigh Hotel in New Kingston on March 8. The event was jointly hosted by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Bureau of Gender Affairs (BGA), and Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC) under the theme: ‘Breaking Through to Next-Level Gender Equality in the Jamaican Workplace’.
Gender Affairs

Gov’t Remains Committed To Gender Equalitty

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, says the Government remains committed to promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls for sustainable development. “The Government affirms that gender equality is an essential requirement for attaining this. We remain committed to gender equality as a precondition for and indicator of a people-centred approach to national...
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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange. (FILE)
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Minister Grange Pays Tribute to Remarkable Cynthia Thompson

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has announced expressed sadness at the passing of Olympian, Dr Cynthia Thompson. Minister’s Statement follows: “I am very sad at the passing of Dr Cynthia Thompson. On this day when we celebrated our women and their achievement, Cynthia Thompson was in our hearts. “Over the course of her remarkable,...
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