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Director of Policy and Research at the Bureau of Gender Affairs, Sharon Robinson, who represented Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, speaking at Monday’s (July 11) Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) exposition at Morant Villas in Morant Bay, St. Thomas, to mark World Population Day. The event was held under the theme ‘Investing in Teenage Girls; Engaging Men and Boys’. (FILE)

Bureau of Gender Affairs to Host Sexual Harassment Sensitisation Sessions

The Bureau of Gender Affairs will be embarking on a series of sexual harassment sensitisation sessions across communities islandwide. A session is scheduled to take place on Saturday, December 17, at Casa Maria Hotel, St Mary, from 6:00 p.m. to...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (right), addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank held yesterday (December 1), at the agency’s head office in Kingston. At left is Director, Policy and Research, Bureau of Gender Affairs, Sharon Robinson.

Men Urged to Speak Out on Violence Against Women and Girls

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Hon. Olivia Grange (right) makes a point while speaking at a Jamaica Information Service Think Tank held on December 1 at the Agency’s head office in Kingston. At left is Director, Policy and Research of the Bureau of Gender Affairs, Sharon Robinson.

Gov’t to Introduce Programmes to Address Gender Equality

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, addresses the launch of the Gender Equality Seal Certification Programme at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on November 29. Listening (from left) are President of the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce, Larry Watson; Interim Leader of the United Nations Secretary General’s High-Level Panel for Women Economic Empowerment, Patricia Francis; United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Coordinator and Resident Representative in Jamaica, Bruno Pouezat; and UNDP Panama Specialist on Gender Equality, Diana Guitierrez.

Gov’t Putting Measures in Place to Address Gender-Based Violence

Research Coordinator at the Bureau of Gender Affairs, Nardia Mclaren.

Activities to Raise Awareness about Gender-Based Violence

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Alison McLean, reads a message from Portfolio Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange, during Sunday’s (November 20) International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women church service at Tarrant Baptist Church in St. Andrew. The day will be commemorated on Friday, November 25.

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Gov’t to Begin Implementing Gender-Based Violence Action Plan in 2017

The Government will commence implementation of the proposed National Strategic Action Plan to Eliminate Gender-based Violence in 2017. Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange, made the disclosure in a message delivered by Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Alison McLean, during Sunday’s (November 20) church service to mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, held...

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

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Greetings by the Minister Olivia Grange, at the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women Church Service

We have been taught that in all things, we must give thanks. And so today we come to give thanks and seek divine guidance around tackling what continues to be a major evil in our world today. Even as I speak, a woman, a girl, a family, a community, somewhere, are experiencing the horrific effects and consequences of gender-based violence....

Student at Spaldings Primary School, Tianna Brown, performs a cultural piece during the launch of the State of World Population Report 2016 at the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), in Kingston, on November 11.

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Empowerment of Girls Remains High on Agenda – Grange

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, says the empowerment of children, particularly girls, remains high on the agenda of the Government. “We will remain steadfast in the implementation of legal frameworks and policies that will support and facilitate the advancement of girls. These include Trafficking in Persons and Child Pornography laws, the Child Care and Protection...

(Front, right-left) Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Honourable Olivia Grange, receives a cheque of JMD $9,995

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Grange: UNESCO to spend JMD$10 Million on Development Projects

The Jamaica National Commission for UNESCO has secured close to J$10 million to fund development projects in the areas of Culture, Gender, Youth and Science. The disclosure was made by the Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport and Chairman of the Jamaica National Commission for UNESCO, the Honourable Olivia Grange. Addressing the first meeting of the new Board of...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, addresses the local launch of the FundRiseHER Initiative at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston, recently.

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Female Entrepreneurs to Benefit from Regional Crowd-Funding Campaign

Female entrepreneurs in Jamaica are to benefit from a Caribbean-wide funding campaign aimed at assisting them to raise capital for their business ventures. The campaign, dubbed FundRiseHER, was launched recently at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston. It seeks to raise US$1 million to benefit 50 women entrepreneurs from at least 10 Caribbean countries. This will be done through...

Wife of the Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness offers words of encouragement to teenage girls at the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation on July 18. (File photo).

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PM’s Wife Lauds Programmes at the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF)

Wife of the Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness, says the training and counselling programmes offered to teenage mothers at the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF) have assisted them in making smarter decisions about their future. “What I would hope is that more and more young girls who find themselves in this situation realise there is an option...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange delivering her speech in the 2016/17 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on July 12. At left is Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Mike Henry.

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Marcus Garvey’s Boyhood Home to be Restored

Restoration work on the boyhood home of National Hero, the Rt. Excellent Marcus Garvey, is to be completed by August 2017. Making her contribution to the 2016/17 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on July 12, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Hon. Olivia Grange, said she has instructed the Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT) to review...