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Mar 6, 2023
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May 23, 2023
Organisations like Jamaica Network of Rural Women Producers important in addressing issue of marginalised women in agriculture sector
Reading Time: 3 minutes Winston Simpson , chief executive officer (CEO) of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) has lamented the importance of organisations such as the Jamaica Network of Rural Women Producers (JNRWP)…
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JAM
May 9, 2023
Senator Johnson Smith presented with key to the City of Miramar in South Florida
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Jamaican Women of Florida (JWOF) hosted Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, in which she was presented the key to the City of Miramar…
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BLZ
Mar 11, 2023
Belize becomes 4th Caribbean country to remove sanitary product tax
Reading Time: 3 minutes In a move hailed by citizens across the region, Belize has cemented itself as the fourth Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member state to abolish taxes on female sanitary products, which becomes…
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JAM
Mar 6, 2023
Gender assessment findings in Jamaica to be revealed this week
Reading Time: 2 minutes The findings of a gender assessment undertaken in Jamaica will be unveiled this Thursday (March 9) during a panel discussion, as part of Jamaica’s commemoration of International Women’s Day on Wednesday (March…
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Feb 21, 2023
Caymanian women named to top tourism roles
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Cayman Islands Department of Tourism has one of the leading tourism thinkers at its helm, and now Rosa Harris, the director of department, will shepherd three new team members – all Caymanian women –…
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USA
Dec 20, 2022
Jamaica-born US Marine Lorna Mahlock creates history with new appointment
Reading Time: 2 minutes Marine Corps Times is reporting that Jamaica-born Lorna Mahlock will create history, becoming the first Black woman to serve as a two-star general in the service.
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CARIB
Nov 8, 2022
Two female Jamaicans appointed acting Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court judges
Reading Time: 2 minutes Two female Jamaican jurists have been appointed to act as high court judges in the Commercial Division of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court.
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JAM
Jun 20, 2022
Gender Ministry committed to working for victims of gender-based violence
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Government of Jamaica has initiated several programmes with international support to tackle gender-based violence (GBV) and to ensure that victims have safe environments for recovery. According to Gender Minister,…
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JAM
May 16, 2022
Jamaica boosting female participation in livestock industry
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Government of Jamaica has initiated a plan to get more females involved in the livestock industry and has enlisted the support of the World University Service of Canada.
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JAM
Apr 12, 2022
Grange congratulates Professor Verene Shepherd on appointment as chair of Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Reading Time: 2 minutes Olivia Grange, minister of culture, gender, entertainment and sport, has congratulated Verene Shepherd, professor of social history at the University of the West Indies (UWI), on her appointment as chairperson…
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USA
Apr 7, 2022
Senate confirms Jackson as first Black woman on US Supreme Court
Reading Time: 4 minutes WASHINGTON (Reuters) Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed by the United States Senate today (April 7) as the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court in a milestone for…
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JAM
Mar 8, 2022
Duncan Sutherland urges Jamaicans to ‘Break The Bias’ of women’s inequality
Reading Time: 3 minutes As people across the world today (March 8) observe International Women’s Day, Patricia Duncan Sutherland, president of the People’s National Party Women’s Movement, is calling on Jamaicans to ‘Break The…