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21/Jan/2010
The UNIFEM Caribbean Office mourns the deaths of women's rights activists in Haiti |
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It is with tremendous sadness that UNIFEM learnt about the deaths of several women leaders from governmental and civil society organisations in Haiti. Among these include Myriam Merlet, who was the Chief of Cabinet of the Ministry of Womens Condition and Rights and founder of CONAP, the umbrella womens organization; Myrna Narcisse, the Director G ... [more]
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20/Jan/2010
Women's movement mourns death of 3 Haitian leaders |
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CNN) -- One returned to her Haitian roots, to give voice to women, honor their stories and shape their futures.
Another urged women to pack a courtroom in Haiti, where she succeeded in getting a guilty verdict against a man who battered his wife.
A third joined the others and helped change the law to make rape, long a political weapon in Hait ... [more]
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18/Jan/2010
UNIFEM Seeks Funding to Provide Shelter and Services for Women in Haiti |
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In the aftermath of the devastating earthquake in Haiti, the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) has issued a call for close to US$2 million to provide urgently needed services for the protection of women and their families. In particular, UNIFEM seeks to rebuild womens shelters and expand the provision of emergency services for wom ... [more]
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18/Jan/2010
Donate Now: Help the UN Help Haiti |
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In the aftermath of Haiti's earthquake we ask you to please donate generously and support the people of Haiti in the process of recovery. Please follow the below links to see the UN-related entities that are presently accepting donations:
Centr ... [more]
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17/Jan/2010
In Haiti, Secretary-General Vows Support for Quake Victims |
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Touching down in the capital of Haiti, which was devastated by this week's catastrophic earthquake, today, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today pledged the United Nations' support for the victims of the disaster.
The UN "will continue to stand behind the Haitian people," Mr. Ban said in Port-au-Prince, the city hardest hit by the 12 January tr ... [more]
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15/Jan/2010
UNIFEM Executive Director on the Earthquake in Haiti |
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We are saddened at the loss of lives and destruction caused by the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti Tuesday afternoon near the capital city Port-au-Prince. The full extent of casualties is still unknown at this time, but unfortunately it will likely be high.
UNIFEM expresses its solidarity with the Haitian people in these terrible moments a ... [more]
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07/Oct/2009
UNIFEM Regional Photography Contest 2009! |
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On 28 September the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) Caribbean Office launches a photo contest in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) which came into force in 1979.
All Caribbean countries have ratified the CEDAW which provides the basis f ... [more]
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09/Dec/2008
Will Women Benefit from the Economic Partnership Agreement? |
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In a meeting to discuss the gendered implications of the EPA convened by UNIFEM and ECLAC on 28-29 July, participants debated the sharply diverging perspectives on the opportunities, threats, costs and benefits presented by the EPA scheduled to be signed in September.
There was general agreement that a wider range of organizations from civil so ... [more]
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09/Dec/2008
Barbados Cabinet Approves the Establishment of a Data Collection Protocol on Gender-based Violence |
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The Cabinet of Barbados gave the green light to the recently developed data collection protocol on domestic violence and stakeholders are expected to begin using it by August, 2008. Supported by UNIFEM, the Bureau of Gender Affairs developed the protocol because of an identified need to monitor the impact of policies and programmes employed in the ... [more]
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17/Nov/2008
Barbados Commissioner of Police Dottin signs on to sayNOtoviolence |
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UNIFEM is being joined by the Association of Caribbean Commissioners of Police in the implementation of a 6 country programme aimed at 'Strengthening State and Community Actions to end Gender-based Violence'.
This work focuses on reducing violence against women, through the strategies of increasing state actor competencies, strengthening account ... [more]
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14/Nov/2008
Minister Priya Manickchand signs on to sayNOtoviolence campaign |
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On 13 November 2008, Minister Priya Manickchand signed on to the sayNOtoviolence campaign. This sign on comes at a time when the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security in Guyana is spearheading legislative reform of the sexual offences law in Guyana.
Under the proposed Act, the corroboration rule has been abolished as has the defence of ma ... [more]
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10/Oct/2008
Improving legal and social policy responses to domestic violence: The need for data |
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Countries in the process of implementing data collection protocols for gender-based violence (Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, St. Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago) met in a one day meeting on 25 September in Grenada with the technical support of UNIFEM, PAHO and UNFPA, to discuss progress on the implementation of an integrated data collection ... [more]
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10/Oct/2008
Indigenous Women from Belize, Dominica, Guyana and Suriname challenge exclusion and discrimination |
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Over 100 persons attended the opening of the UNIFEM/Ministry of Amerindian Affairs, Guyana on 'Caribbean Indigenous Women: Voice, Participation and Influence for Sustainable Development' on 9 October 2008 in Georgetown, Guyana.
This meeting, the first of its kind in the Caribbean, brought together indigenous and tribal women from Belize, Dominic ... [more]
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08/Sep/2008
YWCA challenged to take on a greater advocacy role for gender equality and women's empowerment |
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Speaking at the installation of the Board of Management for the Barbados YWCA, Roberta Clarke, Regional Programme Director of UNIFEM, lauded the Y's long history of service and social action.
Referring to the Y's encouragement of leadership qualities such as shared leadership, nurturance and doing good for others, Clarke echoed the call for the ... [more]
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