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The private sectors companies at the launch, including seventeen (17) WEPs signatories announced their commitments to the Principles which they are implementing through workplace policies for Domestic Violence victims/survivors as well as Paternity Leave. They advocated for more members of the private sector in Guyana to endorse and action the WEPs. This took place as attendees openly expressed concern for the recent fire in Mahdia where 19 children, mostly Indigenous girls aged 12 to 18, died.
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UN Women plans to award small grants to eligible Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) based in Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique to contribute to the Spotlight Initiative objectives to prevent and end family violence. The vision of the Spotlight Initiative (SI) is that the rights of women and girls to live free from violence are protected, promoted, and upheld. The impact that the SI will work towards achieving is that all women and girls, particularly those who are most vulnerable, live a life free of violence and harmful practices.
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The UN Women Multi-Country Office (MCO) - Caribbean, seeks to partner with a Responsible Party (CSO) to support capacity development for civil society organisations on effective joint advocacy on GEWE and VAWG with parliament, and to support movement building and sustainability of the women’s movement and civil society through volunteerism and public sensitization across Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique.
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The UN Women Multi-Country Office (MCO) - Caribbean, seeks to partner with Responsible Party (Non-Governmental Organizations [NGO] or Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Grenada, using the UN Women Foundations Programme to equip young persons and community members with knowledge, skills attitudes and strategies for addressing conflict and responding to stress and stressors that arise in relationships and establish and model an atmosphere of respect within group relations among and between young persons and, drawing from the Partnership for Peace and Man-to-Man Programmes to organize interventions to engage men and boys towards ending violence against women and girls.
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The United Nations System in Guyana is devastated to hear of the loss of life caused by the deadly early morning fire, which has destroyed the Mahdia Secondary School Dormitory in Region 8.
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Seventeen participants from Government, local financial institutions and the Bermuda Economic Development Corporation are now trained in gender lens investing and public financing policies and instruments for Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment in Bermuda.
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Gender responsive budgeting (GRB) is a strategy to achieve gender equality, where budgets or proposed spending is analysed and designed to ensure interventions to eliminate inequalities between women and men and boys and girls, are adequately financed.
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UN Women Multi-Country Office (MCO) - Caribbean, seeks to partner with Responsible Parties (Non-Governmental Organizations) [NGOs] who will contribute to the scale-up or creation of new and innovate interventions for the marginalized populations with which they work, as well as strengthen their capacities to design, implement and monitor their own programmes on ending violence against women and girls (VAWG), including family violence.
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The vision of the Spotlight Initiative (SI) is that the rights of women and girls to live free from violence are protected, promoted, and upheld. The impact that the SI will work towards achieving is that all women and girls, particularly those who are most vulnerable, live a life free of violence and harmful practices. UN Women plans to award small grants to eligible Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) based in Jamaica to contribute to the Spotlight Initiative objectives to prevent and end family violence.
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The UN Women Multi-Country Office (MCO) - Caribbean, seeks to partner with a Responsible Party (CSO) to support capacity development for civil society organisations on effective joint advocacy on GEWE and VAWG with parliament, and to support movement building and sustainability of the women’s movement and civil society through volunteerism and public sensitization across Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique.
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The UN Women Multi-Country Office (MCO) - Caribbean, seeks to partner with Responsible Party (Non-Governmental Organizations [NGO] or Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Grenada, using the UN Women Foundations Programme to equip young persons and community members with knowledge, skills attitudes and strategies for addressing conflict and responding to stress and stressors that arise in relationships and establish and model an atmosphere of respect within group relations among and between young persons and, drawing from the Partnership for Peace and Man-to-Man Programmes to organize interventions to engage men and boys towards ending violence against women and girls.
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he National Study on the Economic Costs of Violence Against Women and Girls (ECOVAWG) in Jamaica was launched by Representative of UN Women MCO Caribbean Tonni Brodber under the EU-UN Spotlight Programme with European Union Ambassador to Jamaica, Her Excellency Marianne Van Steen in partnership with Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange.
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The UN Women Multi-Country Office (MCO) - Caribbean, seeks to partner with Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Guyana, to rollout to rollout public accountability scorecards) for EVAWG legislation, policies, and related services within the health, justice, security and social sectors using collaborative mechanisms and partnerships with CSOs.
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UN Women Multi-Country Office (MCO) Caribbean is seeking to partner with Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in Guyana, to engage the private sector in promoting gender equality women’s empowerment in the workplace, marketplace and community, including support for addressing issues related to Family Violence.
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UN Women MCO - Caribbean, seeks to partner with a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) to provide support to women's rights groups, CSOs, and relevant stakeholders through the coordination of actions aimed at increasing opportunities and support to women’s rights groups to share knowledge, network, partner and jointly advocate for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (GEWE) and ending violence against women and girls (VAWG), including family violence, at sub-national, national, regional and global levels
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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.
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Under the Regional Spotlight Initiative, UN Women plans to award Small Grants to eligible organisations to scale up their technical substantive capacity to prevent and respond to Family Violence. Ongoing applications accepted.
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The UN Women Multi-Country Office (MCO) - Caribbean, seeks to partner with Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Trinidad and Tobago, to rollout and implement the UN Women Foundations Programme to continue engagement with men and boys, the security and justice sector, and within marginalised and vulnerable communities
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In this latest edition of In the Spotlight Caribbean, read about the new Caribbean CSO alliance to address gender-based violence, UN Women and ReThink’s work for building a regional pool of CARICOM data experts to lead on collecting statistics on Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG) in the Caribbean and UNDP and the University of the West Indies, Mona collaboration for regional gender bureaus and more.
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33 women entrepreneurs and senior leaders from women-led organisations from the Caribbean, North and South America and Africa received business development training, mentorship, and networking opportunities at the inaugural Yemanja Collaborative: Leadership and Networking Workshop for Women Entrepreneurs