All public and private entities, and institutions are required to develop and implement their respective sexual harassment policy by the end of June 2024. This was emphasised by Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, at the opening of the new R.A. Williams Warehouse in New Brunswick Village, Spanish Town, St. Catherine, on May 1. The Sexual...

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with Responsibility for Skills and Digital Transformation, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, addresses the opening ceremony of the FLOW Girls in ICT Day Expo at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Thursday (April 25). The Expo was attended by approximately 300 high-school girls from across the...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill (eighth left); High Commissioner for Canada to Jamaica, Her Excellency Emina Tudakovic (seventh right); and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Sancia Bennett Templer (third right), share a photo opportunity with participants in the Women in Entrepreneurship Support (WES) project, at the closing ceremony held on April 18 at the...

The investigative capacity of the Bureau of Gender Affairs (BGA) has been strengthened, following the training of 18 personnel from the agency at the National Police College of Jamaica, at Twickenham Park in St. Catherine. Participants who took part in the Sexual Harassment Training Course, which was done in conjunction with the Department of Criminal Investigation Training (D-CIT), were exposed...

eLearning Jamaica Company Limited (e-LJAM) has partnered with local educational technology company, STEAMHouse, in hosting this year’s Crea+her Girls in ICT Hackathon, which began on April 11 and will end on April 16. The virtual hackathon seeks to empower Caribbean girls aged 13 to 18 years to become leaders and accomplished professionals in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, on Tuesday (April 9) made a Legal Deposit of the Jamaica Health and Lifestyle Survey III at the National Library of Jamaica (NLJ), ensuring preservation and access to the information for posterity. Dr. Tufton, who made the presentation at the NLJ’s offices on East Street, downtown Kingston, was accompanied by...

Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of the Republic of South Africa, Her Excellency Dr. Grace Naledi Mandisa Pandor, has commended the Government’s support for teenage mothers through the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF). “The centre and the Government of Jamaica must be congratulated for having such an initiative in place,” she said, noting that similar facilities in South...