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Acting Director for the Community Liaison Unit at the Bureau of Gender Affairs, Nardia McLaren, speaks at an International Day of Rural Women (IDRW) 2024 forum at the Portland-based College of Agriculture, Science and Education, on October 16.
Acting Director for the Community Liaison Unit at the Bureau of Gender Affairs, Nardia McLaren, speaks at an International Day of Rural Women (IDRW) 2024 forum at the Portland-based College of Agriculture, Science and Education, on October 16.

Rural Women Celebrated at IDRW Forum

A forum, suitably titled ‘Rural Girls Rock’, was hosted by the Bureau of Gender Affairs at the Portland-based College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) in honour of International Day of Rural Women (IDRW) 2024. The event was held on...
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Denzil Thorpe (second right), and Acting Director for Community Liaison, Bureau of Gender Affairs, Nardia McLaren (right) visit the Nature
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Denzil Thorpe (second right), and Acting Director for Community Liaison, Bureau of Gender Affairs, Nardia McLaren (right) visit the Nature's Pastes and Purées, and HoneyLishus booth, at the Agricultural Display, Media Highlight and FarmHers Market on Tuesday (October 15) at the Ministry’s offices in New Kingston. The event was part of activities to observe International Day of Rural Women (IDRW) 2024. Providing details about the items on display is Owner of Nature's Pastes and Purées, Camille Stewart (second left), while Manager and Owner of HoneyLishus, Nadia Johnson, listens.

PHOTOS: FarmHers Market
Acting Director, Community Liaison Unit, Bureau of Gender Affairs (BGA), Nardia McClaren (right), presents a gift to a resident of the Homestead Residential Facility, while Health and Social Care Supervisor at the facility, Latoya Brown, looks on. Members of the BGA visited the home in St. Andrew on Friday (October 11) to celebrate with the residents on International Day of the Girl Child under the theme
Acting Director, Community Liaison Unit, Bureau of Gender Affairs (BGA), Nardia McClaren (right), presents a gift to a resident of the Homestead Residential Facility, while Health and Social Care Supervisor at the facility, Latoya Brown, looks on. Members of the BGA visited the home in St. Andrew on Friday (October 11) to celebrate with the residents on International Day of the Girl Child under the theme 'Girls' Vision for the Future'.

PHOTOS: International Day Of The Girl Child
Principal Director of the Bureau of Gender Affairs of the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Sharon Coburn Robinson.
Principal Director of the Bureau of Gender Affairs of the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Sharon Coburn Robinson.

Financial Literacy Workshop to Empower Rural Women
Acting Director for the Community Liaison Unit at the Bureau of Gender Affairs, Nardia McLaren (centre), leads a tree-planting exercise at the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Outreach Centre in Santa Cruz, St. Elizabeth, in observance of National Tree Planting Day, which was observed on Friday (October 4). Also taking part are (from left) Japan International Corporation Agency (JICA) volunteer at the outreach centre, Moeko Mabuchi; Counsellor at the Centre, Francesca Porteous; Counsellor at the Centre, Janice Honeyghan; Centre Manager, Latoya Johnson-Jakkala; Records Officer at the Bureau of Gender Affairs, Rose-Anna Smith Neufville, and Rural Sociologist at the Bureau, Monique Fitzgerald.
Acting Director for the Community Liaison Unit at the Bureau of Gender Affairs, Nardia McLaren (centre), leads a tree-planting exercise at the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Outreach Centre in Santa Cruz, St. Elizabeth, in observance of National Tree Planting Day, which was observed on Friday (October 4). Also taking part are (from left) Japan International Corporation Agency (JICA) volunteer at the outreach centre, Moeko Mabuchi; Counsellor at the Centre, Francesca Porteous; Counsellor at the Centre, Janice Honeyghan; Centre Manager, Latoya Johnson-Jakkala; Records Officer at the Bureau of Gender Affairs, Rose-Anna Smith Neufville, and Rural Sociologist at the Bureau, Monique Fitzgerald.

Bureau of Gender Affairs Plants Trees at Women’s Centre in Santa Cruz

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Students of Herbert Morrison Technical High School in Montego Bay, St. James, celebrate International Day of Rural Women held in 2023 at Moneague College in St Ann.
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BGA Marks International Day of Rural Women October 5 to 25

The Bureau of Gender Affairs (BGA) will observe International Day of Rural Women (IDRW) with a series of activities from October 5 to 25. The events, which will be held under the local theme ‘Empowering Rural Women: Achieving a Sustainable Future’, include partnership with the Jamaica Network of Rural Women Producers. IDRW, which is observed annually on October 15, is...
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Acting Director for the Community Liaison Unit of the Bureau of Gender Affairs (BGA), Nardia McLaren (seated, fifth left) and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Emergency Response Specialist, Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in Emergency, Mary Oyella (seated, sixth left), share a moment with participants in a recent four-day workshop on Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in Emergency Preparedness and Response, at Tropics View Hotel in Hatfield, Mandeville. The workshop was organised by the BGA in partnership with the UNFPA Sub-Regional Office for the Caribbean. More than 50 stakeholders drawn from various community-based organisations, non-governmental organisations and ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) registered for the training, which is part of the Government
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PHOTO: Bureau of Gender Affairs Workshop in Mandeville

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Acting Director of the Community Liaison Unit, Bureau of Gender Affairs, Nardia McLaren.
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Bureau of Gender Affairs to Host Four-Day Workshop in Mandeville

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Acting Director of the Community Liaison Unit, Bureau of Gender Affairs (BGA), Nardia McLaren.
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BGA Hosts Gender-Based Violence in Emergencies Workshop

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Young mother holds baby girl in garden.
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Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation Launches Empowered Futures Parenting Curriculum

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Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn.
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Construction of Infant Nursery for Incarcerated Expectant Mothers Nearing Completion

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