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Minister of Development, Dr. Paul Robertson has announced that his office has re-established a gender advisory committee, which would, among other things, develop an appropriate strategy for incorporating gender issues in all of government's developmental plans. Dr. Robertson, who has responsibility for Gender Affairs, was speaking at a function to mark International Women's Day Celebrations 2004, at the Jamaica Pegasus...

This International Women's Day, the theme: 'Women Celebrate: Voices of the Unsung' will turn the spotlight on the thousands of women who have contributed to Jamaica's development in all spheres of life, but who remain unsung heroes. Speaking to JIS News, Dr. Glenda Simms, Executive Director, Bureau of Women's Affairs, said that on March 8 the contribution of Jamaican women...

For almost 25 years the Women's Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF) has been quietly going above and beyond the call of duty, not only assisting pregnant teenagers through its programme for adolescent mothers, but also following up the progress of the babies to as far as secondary education. Executive Director of the Women's Centre, Beryl Weir, tells JIS News that...

The Women's Resource and Outreach Centre (WROC) has been just that for the women of the surrounding communities of Beechwood Avenue in Kingston, a rock. For the past 20 years, the centre, situated at 47 Beechwood Avenue, has been one of the pillars of the community, providing needed medical resource and guidance for families and women, especially, in the troubled...