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Participants in the Women’s Resource and Outreach Centre’s (WROC) Gender-Based Violence Prevention Network (GBVN) event, held on Tuesday (November 19) at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in Kingston, under the theme: ‘Strengthening Advocacy Around GBV’.

Entities Strengthen Collaboration To Fight Gender-Based Violence

The Women’s Resource and Outreach Centre (WROC) is strengthening its partnership with key stakeholders to prevent Gender-Based Violence (GBV), and support young women and girls in vulnerable communities. Under an agreement, which was signed on Tuesday (November 19) during a...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (fifth left), interacts with Filippe Folkes and his daughter, Janani, as other stakeholders look on, during the unveiling of the Daddy Day Care Series during Tuesday’s (November 19) International Men’s Day Forum at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston. A wide cross section of men and boys attended the event, observed under the international theme: ‘Men’s Health Champions’, and the local theme: ‘Aspire to Inspire: Healthy Men, Healthy Families’. The Daddy Day Care Series is being undertaken in partnership with the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation and Professional Football Jamaica Limited.

Gender Ministry to Roll Out Empowerment Sessions for Men

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, converses with Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (right), and Chairman of the Electoral Commission of Jamaica, Earl Jarrett, during Monday’s (November18) opening ceremony for the Organization of American States (OAS) Electoral Observation Missions workshop on women’s political participation, at the S Hotel in Kingston.

ECJ Chairman Urges More Funding for Female Political Candidates

Call for More Women to Get Involved in Representational Politics

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (second right), and Executive Director of the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation, Novelette Howell (right), accept a donation of just over $2.6 million from the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Healthcare, in Canada, to support the Morant Bay Women’s Centre. Making the presentation on November 15 is Executive Board Member, SEIU, Gloria Turney. At left is SEIU Healthcare President, Tyler Downey.

Morant Bay Women’s Centre Receives $2.6m from Canadian Healthcare Union

Acting Director for the Community Liaison Unit in the Bureau of Gender Affairs (BGA), Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Nardia McLaren, addresses an International Day of Rural Women workshop held at the Sean Lavery Faith Hall in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, on October 25.

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Gender Ministry Committed to Enabling Women and Girls to Succeed

The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport is committed to working and partnering with community groups to provide opportunities for rural women and girls to succeed. Acting Director for the Community Liaison Unit in the Bureau of Gender Affairs (BGA), Nardia McLaren, made the declaration as she addressed an International Day of Rural Women workshop held at the Sean...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Denzil Thorpe (centre), and Acting Director for Community Liaison, Bureau of Gender Affairs, Nardia McLaren (left), listen as Managing Director of Big Yabba Agro Processing (BYA) Kay Morgan, shares details about the company’s products. Occasion was the FarmHers Market event on Tuesday (October 15) at the Ministry’s offices in New Kingston, to mark International Day of Rural Women (IDRW) 2024.

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Gov’t Committed to Empowering and Supporting Rural Women and Girls – Minister Grange

The Government is committed to empowering and supporting rural women and girls enabling them to actively participate in and contribute to sustainable development, says Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange. The Minister’s remarks were delivered by Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Denzil Thorpe, at the FarmHers Market on October 15 at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices....

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.

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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 Wednesday (October 16), inside the T.P Lecky Hall at the institution, under the theme ‘Empowering Rural Women: Achieving a Sustainable...

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

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PHOTOS: FarmHers Market

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...

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

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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.

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Financial Literacy Workshop to Empower Rural Women

Residents of Ocho Rios and surrounding communities in St. Ann are being invited to participate in a financial literacy workshop on Wednesday (October 23) at the Ocho Rios Baptist Church beginning at 10:00 a.m. Under the theme ‘Preserving your Financial Future’, the event is being organised by the Bureau of Gender Affairs (BGA) a division of the Ministry of Culture,...

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.

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

The Bureau of Gender Affairs held a tree-planting exercise at the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Outreach Centre in Santa Cruz, St. Elizabeth, in recognition of National Tree Planting Day, which was observed on October 4. The activity was also done in recognition of International Day of Rural Women (IDRW), which will be observed on October 15 under the theme ‘Empowering...