Each year on March 8, countries across the world commemorate International Women’s Day (IWD). It is used as a time to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievement of...

The Management Institute for National Development (MIND), in support of the 16 days of activism against gender based violence, has partnered with the Bureau of Women’s Affairs to host a...

Minister of Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, says the Government has intensified its push towards achieving gender equality as a major plank of the development process. “The achievement of...

As Jamaica joins the global community in observing ‘International Day of the Girl Child’ on October 11, Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, is calling on citizens to help break the...

The Universal Service Fund (formerly Universal Access Fund) has upgraded the computer laboratory at the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation’s Trafalgar Road headquarters in St. Andrew at a cost of...

Chief Executive Officer of the Public Sector Transformation Unit, Patricia Sinclair McCalla, says Jamaica has produced exemplary women in representational politics over the years despite the challenges they have faced....

Resident Coordinator of the United Nations (UN) Country Team in Jamaica, Mr. Minh Pham, has proposed that the Government begin making special allocations in the national budget to deal with...

Recognizing that gender equality and women's empowerment are fundamental to the global mission of the United Nations to achieve equal rights and dignity for all, this year's observance of International...