(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)  The CARICOM Secretariat is honoured to salute the women and girls of the Caribbean Community on the occasion of International Women’s Day (IWD), 8 March, 2009. This annual celebration gives us a special opportunity to reflect ...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat is honoured to salute the women and girls of the Caribbean Community today on the occasion of International Women’s Day 2008. International Women’s Day (IWD) is an occasion to review...

I express the warmest sentiments of the Caribbean Community to all women in the Region, the Regional Diaspora and indeed, the world on the occasion of International Women's Day 2005 in this the year of the CARICOM Single Market. This International Women's Day we pay tribute to women and th...

Once again, as Secretary General of CARICOM, I extend best wishes to the women of the Caribbean Community on the occasion of International Women’s Day, 2003. Since my last message in 2002, the world has continued to exist in a state of uncertainty, with the threat of war now ominously in the...

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) once again joins with the rest of the international community in commemorating the United Nations designated International Women's Day. This occasion provides an opportunity to recognize the significant role women have played in the life, livelihood and sustaina...

Happy International Women's Day 2002 to the women of the Caribbean Community. One of the major issues which arose during the war in Afghanistan was the plight of the women of that country. Their sisters in the Caribbean Community, as well as the men, were astonished and distressed by the detai...

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) once again joins with the rest of the international community in commemorating the United Nations designated International Women's Day. This occasion provides an opportunity to recognize the significant role women have played in the life, livelihood and sustaina...

As we in the Caribbean once again join the rest of the world in commemorating the United Nations designated International Women's Day, we are all especially aware of the historic significance of this particular celebration. What International Women's Day 2000 must do for us is to bring sha...

This year's commemoration of International Women's Day, 8th March 1999, is of very special significance. The World stands on the threshold of a new millennium and the next message will be the very first of the new century. The United Nations has already begun preparations for a Special Assem...

March 8, 1998 marks the eighty-fourth year that the world will be commemorating International Women's Day. As we, in the Caribbean, take pride in the progress we have made in furthering the objective of regional integration and prepare to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the signing of ...