“It is pause for thought that this cost in terms of GDP of violence against women and girls in Grenada is 5.24%. These are significant resources that could be directed elsewhere. This is an area that I hope as duty bearers we can look at closely with a gender-budgeting lens, our new way of doing business."

When Hurricane Beryl tore through the Caribbean in early summer, it left a trail of destroyed homes, unpassable roads, and ruined local infrastructure. As nations begin to rebuild after Beryl and brace themselves for even more storms, UN Women has been on the ground and working to ensure that women are fully integrated into recovery efforts.

The Barbados Statistical Service (BSS) and UN Women Multi-Country Office (MCO) - Caribbean have partnered to implement a regional initiative aimed at determining the contribution of unpaid domestic care work to the economy, introducing targeted questions to the Continuous Labour Force Survey.

The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) and UN Women (MCO) Caribbean are now teammates in the fight to end violence against women and girls, recently kicking off their first partnership with the initiative, “Draw the Line Against Gender-Based Violence (GBV)” to observe 16 Days of Activism.

Under the EU-UN Spotlight Initiative, UN Women implementing partner Atlantic Council brought together UN agencies, Government officials from several departments, civil society representatives, academics and students to discuss the challenges and opportunities around ending GBV and enhancing women’s economic empowerment.

Representatives of women’s football committees across the Caribbean Football Union, completed a two-day, capacity-building workshop in Miami, Florida, with commitments to implementing advocacy activities in the respective member associations and to working on a joint strategy.

UN Trust Fund for Human Security and the UN providing computer tablets to the agribusiness sectors in Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, and Saint Lucia

The Jamaica Chamber of Commerce Sameer Younis Foundation (JCC-SYF) launched its latest project titled “Beyond Sports: Enabling Life Skills for Youth”, targeting at-risk youth using sports psychology, in collaboration with the UN Women Multi-Country Office (MCO) - Caribbean under the EU funded Spotlight Initiative. The project.

The first-ever memorandum of understanding (MoU) between FIFA and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) was signed by FIFA President Gianni Infantino and UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo Ngcuka at the FIFA Women’s Football Convention