Several women of prominence are calling for the Caribbean’s first ladies and the spouses of heads of government to be allowed more prominent roles in the development of their countries and the advancement of various causes. The call comes on the heels of the establishment of a Carib...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Ms. Marion Bethel, the eleventh recipient of the CARICOM Triennial Award for Women, in her acceptance speech, struck a resounding note  in her call to governments and civil society “to commit  wholehe...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     There is growing concern about the alarming levels of violence - particularly sexual violence - against the Caribbean Region’s most vulnerable – our children and our youth. Regrettably, there is a deart...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community Secretariat is spearheading the development of a project that is expected to reduce the high incidence of violence against women in the Caribbean. Funded under the CARICOM / Spain Cooperation Agreement, the two-year ...

It is my pleasure to be here this afternoon to join you for this closing session of the Seventh Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development, which is dedicated to the presentation of the CARIFESTA VIII Programme by the Surname National CARIFESTA Commission led by Minister Walter Sandrima...

Accommodation for overseas participants in the seventh Caribbean Festival of Arts and Culture (CARIFESTA VII) to be hosted by St Kitts and Nevis will be available on time says the island's Minister responsible for CARIFESTA, the Hon Jacinth Henry-Martin. During a tour of the housing site with the Mi...