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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

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...
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.
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.

BGA Marks International Day of Rural Women October 5 to 25
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
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's National Strategic Action Plan to eliminate violence in Jamaica.

PHOTO: Bureau of Gender Affairs Workshop in Mandeville
Acting Director of the Community Liaison Unit, Bureau of Gender Affairs, Nardia McLaren.
Acting Director of the Community Liaison Unit, Bureau of Gender Affairs, Nardia McLaren.

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

BGA Hosts Gender-Based Violence in Emergencies Workshop

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