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Executive Director of the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation, Dr. Zoe Simpson.

WCJF Encourages Adolescent Mothers To Register

By: E. Hartman Reckord, May 13, 2020

Adolescent mothers wishing to register in programmes implemented by the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF) can do so via the organisation’s website, womenscentreja.com. Registration can also be done by...

Founder and Executive Director of Youth Can Do I.T. (YCDI), Lianne McNaughton.

Girls In ICT Day Virtual Conference

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Companies Invited To Support WCJF Beneficiaries

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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (fourth right), demonstrates the gender equality symbol during the official launch and ceremonial signing for the Spotlight Initiative, at the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), in St. Andrew, on March 9. He is joined by (from left): Women’s advocate and former President of Women’s Inc,, Joyce Hewett; Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith; Country Representative, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Jamaica, Mariko Kagoshima; Director, Sustainable Development Unit, Executive Office of the Secretary-General at the United Nations, New York, Michelle Gyles-McDonnough; Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange; Director for Latin America and Caribbean at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development, Jolita Butkevicience; and Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation to Jamaica, Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska.

6 years ago Gender AffairsPrime Minister

PM Launches Spotlight Initiative To Empower Women And Girls

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, today (March 9), launched the Spotlight Initiative Country Programme for Jamaica, which focuses on gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls....

By: Chris Patterson, March 10, 2020

Jasmine Deen, University of the West Indies (UWI) student, who is visually impaired was last seen on Thursday, February 27

6 years ago EducationGender AffairsOffice of the Prime Minister

PM Calls On Jamaicans To Join The Search For Missing University Student

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness is encouraging Jamaicans to join in efforts to locate missing university student, Jasmine Dean. Ms. Dean, who is a 22-year-old University of the...

By: Chris Patterson, March 10, 2020

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (centre), demonstrates the gender equality symbol, during a forum dubbed: ‘Empowered and Equal,’ co-hosted by the Government of Canada, through the Canadian High Commission in Jamaica, and the Institute of Law and Economics (ILE), at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on Friday (March 6). Also participating in the exercise (from left) are: Director, ILE, Judith Wedderburn; Organization of American States (OAS) Country Representative in Jamaica, Jeanelle van GlaanenWeygel; Chairperson and National Coordinator Governor-General’s Programme for Excellence, Sonja Simms; Canadian High Commissioner to Jamaica, Her Excellency Laurie Peters; Assistant Director, Juvenile Services, Department of Correctional Services, Eileen Gardner; and Founder, ILE, Professor Rosalea Hamilton.

6 years ago Gender Affairs

Jamaica Ranked 42nd In Global Progress Towards Achieving Gender Parity

Jamaica ranks highly among the countries making significant progress towards achieving gender parity, sitting 42nd out of 153 nations, as outlined in the recent Global Gender Gap Report. Gender parity...

By: ALECIA SMITH, March 8, 2020

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (left), in discussion with (from second left): Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal, University of the West Indies (UWI) Open Campus, Dr. Luz Longsworth; and University Director of the Institute for Gender and Development Studies, UWI Mona Campus, Professor Opal Palmer Adisa. Occasion was a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signing ceremony at the UWI Regional Headquarters on February 28. Under the MoU, the Government will partner with the UWI Open Campus to provide training and research in the area of sexual harassment over the next three years.

6 years ago Gender Affairs

Minister Wants Sexual Harassment Bill Passed By Second Half Of Year

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, says the Government is working to have the Sexual Harassment Bill passed into law by the second half of the...

By: Alecia Smith, March 2, 2020

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (seated left), signs a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which will see the Government partnering with the UWI Open Campus to provide training and research in the area of sexual harassment over the next three years. Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal, University of the West Indies (UWI) Open Campus, Dr. Luz Longsworth (seated, right), also signed the document. The ceremony took place at the UWI Regional Headquarters on February 28. Observing (from left) are: Permanent Secretary in the Culture Ministry, Denzil Thorpe; Senior Director, Gender Affairs, Bureau of Gender Affairs, Sharon Coburn Robinson; University Director of the Institute for Gender and Development Studies, UWI Mona Campus, Professor Opal Palmer Adisa; and Head, Hugh Shearer Labour Studies Institute, UWI Open Campus, Danny Roberts.

6 years ago EducationGender Affairs

Government Partners With UWI For Research On Sexual Harassment

The Government will be partnering with the University of the West Indies (UWI), Open Campus, over the next three years, to provide training and research on sexual harassment in the...

By: Alecia Smith, February 29, 2020

(FILE) Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, addresses Members of the House of Representatives on Tuesday (February 11), after tabling the Estimates of Expenditure for the 2020/21 fiscal year.

6 years ago Budget 2020/2021Finance & Public ServiceGender Affairs

Project To Reduce Teen Pregnancy Gets $9 Million In Budget

A project aimed at lowering teen pregnancy rates has received $9 million in the 2020/2021 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The allocation, which is for the...

By: Garfield L. Angus, February 14, 2020

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange.

6 years ago Gender AffairsGovernor GeneralThrone Speech 2020

First National Women’s Shelter To Be Opened Soon

As part of efforts to support victims of gender-based violence, the Government will be increasing the number of shelters for abused women. This was disclosed by Governor-General, His Excellency the...

By: E. Hartman Reckord, February 13, 2020

6 years ago Budget 2020/2021Finance & Public ServiceGender Affairs

Work To Continue On Facility For Teen Mothers In St. Elizabeth

The Government has allocated approximately $25.2 million to complete construction of the Women's Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF) Santa Cruz Outreach Centre in St Elizabeth. Details of the project are...

By: Tanesha Mundle, February 12, 2020

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Government Partners With UWI For Research On Sexual Harassment

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