The University of the West Indies (UWI) has developed a Gender Policy to formalise its commitment to gender justice and establish a framework for its implementation. The policy was launched on Tuesday (May 22) at the UWI Regional Headquarters in Kingston. The launch of this policy, led by the University’s Institute for Gender and Development Studies (IGDS), is intended to...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, says Jamaicans should pay homage to the Jamaican martyrs who advocated for the rights of workers. She was speaking at the National Workers’ Week and Labour Day Thanksgiving Church Service, held on Sunday (May 20) at the Portmore Holiness Christian Church in St. Catherine under the theme ‘Ramp it up......

Girls are being encouraged to consider careers in information and communications technology (ICT), by the Most Hon. Juliet Holness. Opening the Spectrum Management Authority (SMA) ‘Girls in ICT Day’ event on April 26, Mrs. Holness implored the girls in attendance to explore the possibilities in the sector, highlighting that the European Commission has predicted a skills gap of over 500,000...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, says the programme of the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF) is a story of “triumph”, enabling girls who drop out of school on account of pregnancy to continue their education. “Through the work of the WCJF, over 47,000 adolescent mothers have triumphed over their circumstances,” she said. The Minister’s...

A charity ball is one of several year-long activities to be undertaken by the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF) to celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2018. Established in 1978, the Centre motivates young mothers to choose education instead of continuous motherhood. The ball will take place on May 26 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, under the...

Jamaica today (April 26) joined 166 other countries in celebrating International Girls in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Day. The initiative, spearheaded by the International Telecommunications Union, aims to create a global environment that empowers and encourages girls and young women to consider careers in the growing ICT field. It also seeks to enable both girls and technology companies to...

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has condemned the deadly attack on a pregnant woman and two children in Hanover yesterday ( April 25). It’s reported that 38-year-old Abanique Cunningham and her two children — four-year-old Sanique Coote and seven-year-old Jayanna Coote — were chopped to death. Minister Grange said it was a “tragedy”...