How will the action coalitions work? María Noel Vaeza
Date: Sunday, 29 October 2023
➡️ #GBV
➡️ Economic Justice & Rights
➡️ Bodily autonomy & #SRHR
➡️ Climate justice
➡️ Technology & innovation
➡️ Feminist movements and leadership
These are the 6 Action Coalitions of the #GenerationEquality, bringing together global partners to make gender equality a reality.…
What are the Action Coalitions? Maria Noel Vaeza
Date: Sunday, 29 October 2023
Today, not a single country has achieved gender equality. There’s been progress, but real change has been agonizingly slow. To accelerate change, the #GenerationEquality Midpoint Moment is bringing together governments, civil society, youth, international organizations and the private sector as partners in 6 Action Coalitions to deliver concrete progress on gender…
Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) in the Caribbean – Tonni Brodber
Date: Sunday, 29 October 2023
“Societies and communities with higher levels of gender equality exhibit lower levels of violence and greater social cohesion. Recent research conducted by UN Women on the economic cost of Violence Against Women and Girls in another Caribbean country in the region demonstrated that gender-based violence contributes to significant annual output loss to the private sector. This violence affects staff members’ health and their performance.”
Representative, UN Women Multi-Country…
Courage to Speak’ Documentary - Jamaica
Date: Sunday, 29 October 2023
A 2016 National Study revealed that 1 in 4 women in Jamaica experienced intimate partner violence (IPV) in their lifetime and 1/5 of Jamaican women reported being sexually abused before reaching 18 years of age by friends or acquaintances (22.9 percent), strangers, and family members other than parents or siblings. Beyond this prevalence data, the numbers present stories of women and girls who are survivors of gender-based violence (GBV). By sharing their experiences, UN Women is supporting…
Impact of Climate Change on Women Entrepreneurs in Jamaica
Date: Sunday, 29 October 2023
Community-based early warning systems are important to strengthen the resilience of small business owners, such as women agriculture entrepreneurs, whose livelihoods may be affected by #climatechange impacts.
Learn how two women entrepreneurs in agriculture in Jamaica have benefited from the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce and Bureau of Gender…
Private sector in Guyana commits to ending violence against women
Date: Sunday, 29 October 2023
Ending violence against women and girls needs ALL HANDS-ON DECK. Without the knowledge and participation of diverse groups of CSOs in VAWG prevention and response today, it is unlikely that solutions for a violence free tomorrow will be realized.
Learn how Youth Challenge Guyana is engaging men and boys in preventing gender-based violence by shifting traditional patriarchal attitudes and norms and enlisting men as advocates for women’s rights.
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Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) signatories champion Paternity Leave in Guyana
Date: Sunday, 29 October 2023
UN Women, under the Spotlight Initiative is engaging the private sector in Guyana to become champions for ending violence against women and girls using the Women's Empowerment Principles (WEPs). By joining the WEPs community, CEOs signal commitment at the highest levels of the company, to work collaboratively in multistakeholder networks to foster business practices that empower women. These include equal pay for work of equal value, gender-responsive supply chain practices and zero…
Trinidad based CSO champions fight to end violence against women and girls | UN Women
Date: Sunday, 29 October 2023
“In Trinidad and Tobago, 40% of women who were survivors of physical or sexual intimate partner violence, witnessed partner violence against their mothers when they were children.”
Source: Inter-American Development Bank National Women’s Health Survey for Trinidad and Tobago and UN Women Caribbean Caribbean Women Count Data Hub.
Create Future Good understands the urgency of curbing family violence and works directly with children to end violence in Trinidad. Under…
Building Back Equal in Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Date: Sunday, 29 October 2023
With funding from Global Affairs Canada, UN Women is leading implementation of the “Build Back Equal” project with UNFPA in Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
This 4-year joint project will contribute to women’s economic resilience in the Eastern Caribbean by taking a comprehensive approach to addressing the barriers women face to economic empowerment and providing increased sustainable opportunities for women’s economic growth.
Caribbean Civil Society Organisations Speak – Youth Challenge, Guyana | UN Women
Date: Sunday, 29 October 2023
UN Women, under the Spotlight Initiative is engaging the private sector in Guyana to become champions for ending violence against women and girls using the Women's Empowerment Principles (WEPs). By joining the WEPs community, CEOs signal commitment at the highest levels of the company, to work collaboratively in multistakeholder networks to foster business practices that empower women. These include equal pay for work of equal value, gender-responsive supply chain practices and zero…
Caribbean Civil Society Organisations Speak - Projekta, Suriname| UN Women
Date: Sunday, 29 October 2023
Ending violence against women is everyone’s business; however, civil society organisations (CSOs) across the Caribbean have stood as vanguards championing the work to eliminate violence against women and girls.
A firm believer in human rights for all, Rachel Groenefelt, Project Coordinator at Projekta says all victims/survivors of GBV need to be aware of and have access to the relevant support services in Suriname.
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Caribbean Civil Society Organisations Speak - Business and Professional Women’s Club of Barbados
Date: Sunday, 29 October 2023
Let’s flip the narrative that places governments and civil society organisations in the region on different sides of the work to end violence against women.
Let’s hear how Business and Professional Women’s Club of Barbados has partnered with the Government to combat gender-based violence in the Eastern Caribbean Island.
Caribbean Civil Society Organisations Speak - Jamaica Coalition against Domestic Violence
Date: Sunday, 29 October 2023
Jamaica Coalition against Domestic Violence is calling for a united approach to accelerated and collective action to address the drivers of violence against women and girls in order to achieve a Caribbean free of Gender Based Violence.
Caribbean Civil Society Organisations Speak - GCOPD | UN Women
Date: Sunday, 29 October 2023
There are Gender-based violence (GBV) risks that are acute for women with disabilities and other vulnerable groups, including indigenous women, older women, LGBTIQ+ people migrant women and those living in rural, remote, conflict and disaster-prone areas. Learn how Rosemarie Ramitt and the Guyana Council of Organisations for Persons with Disabilities (GCOPD) is addressing GBV that is experienced by women with disabilities.
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Training Workshop with Guyana-based Partners and Spotlight Initiative Small Grantees
Date: Monday, 9 October 2023
The EU-UN Spotlight Initiative in the Caribbean is partnering with women’s rights groups, women-led civil society organizations (CSOs), and other relevant community-based CSOs to improve their capacity to influence national and local women’s rights and gender equality agendas and better serve the needs of most marginalized communities.
On August 21-25, 2023, UN Women Multi-Country Office (MCO) -Caribbean hosted a five-day capacity development, monitoring, and evaluation mission to…
What is Generation Equality with Maria Noel Vaeza | UN Women
Date: Monday, 9 October 2023
Generation Equality remains a critical advocacy and programming initiative as an accelerator for the SDGs at a time when women’s rights are under increased threats globally and progress has stalled and reversed in more than 30 percent of the SDGs.
Learn more from Project Executive of the Generation Equality Initiative and Regional Director of UN Women Americas and the Caribbean, Maria Noel Vaeza
Date: Monday, 14 March 2022
Countries in the Caribbean Basin, many of which are SIDS, face unique economic/fiscal constraints and are among the world’s most at-risk for climate-related disasters. The pandemic exacerbated these challenges, especially for the region’s tourism-dependent economies, with devastating ripple effects on the agriculture sector. Persistent gender inequalities and labour force segregation mean women have been hit hardest, experiencing disproportionate job loss and burdening increased child and…
Date: Friday, 11 March 2022
MASKED the documentary, highlights the results of the “Voices of Saint Lucian Women: A Study of the Impact of COVID-19 on Frontline Workers, Small Entrepreneurs, Pre-School Teachers and Hospitality Workers”. The women featured are on the frontline. They are small entrepreneurs in early childhood education; hospitality and agriculture - sharing their personal stories of the immediate and longer-term impact of COVID-19 which has resulted, in some cases, in them losing their jobs. UN Women…
Gender Dialogues: Redefining Resilience
Date: Friday, 13 August 2021
Second joint dialogue with UN Women Fiji MCO and UN Women Caribbean MCO.Recorded: 21 Jul 2021, 05:43 PM (La Paz)Speakers:Former President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), Senator Hilda HeineCaribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency Executive Director, Ms. Elizabeth RileyMinister for Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Jamaica - Min. Pearnel Charles Jr.
Lessons In Women’s Leadership | UN Women Gender Dialogues
Date: Tuesday, 11 May 2021
UN Women Caribbean and Fiji Multi-Country Offices’ Gender Dialogues series.The 1st Session in the series focuses on ”Lessons in Women’s Leadership” with panelists Honourable Kitlang Kabua, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Minister for Education, Sports & Training, and Ambassador At-large & Plenipotentiary of Barbados, Dame Billie Miller, with a special opening statement by the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat General, Dame Meg Taylor.