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Development of rural women threatened by gender-based violence
CARICOM Secretary General Irwin LaRocque
The CARICOM Secretariat will soon publish the findings of a report entitled Youth, Masculinities and Violence in the Caribbean.
This was disclosed by CARICOM Secretary General, Irwin LaRocque during his message to mark International Women’s Day, under the theme Empower Rural Women – End Hunger and Poverty, yesterday.
<span style="font-weight: bold">The report was prepared by CARICOM Advocate for Gender Justice, Dr. Rosina Wiltshire.</span>
Mr. LaRocque said the development of rural women in the Caribbean was threatened by gender-based violence.
He added that rural women constituted one-fourth of the world’s population, and stressed that if they were granted equal access to productive resources, agricultural yields, the number of chronically hungry people could be reduced between 100 and 150 million.
The Secretary-General said the Secretariat launched its public education campaign that featured 15 artists from Belize, Guyana and Suriname blending their voices to the global campaign to end violence against women.
CARICOM Secretary General Irwin LaRocque
The CARICOM Secretariat will soon publish the findings of a report entitled Youth, Masculinities and Violence in the Caribbean.
This was disclosed by CARICOM Secretary General, Irwin LaRocque during his message to mark International Women’s Day, under the theme Empower Rural Women – End Hunger and Poverty, yesterday.
The report was prepared by CARICOM Advocate for Gender Justice, Dr. Rosina Wiltshire.
Mr. LaRocque said the development of rural women in the Caribbean was threatened by gender-based violence.
He added that rural women constituted one-fourth of the world’s population, and stressed that if they were granted equal access to productive resources, agricultural yields, the number of chronically hungry people could be reduced between 100 and 150 million.
The Secretary-General said the Secretariat launched its public education campaign that featured 15 artists from Belize, Guyana and Suriname blending their voices to the global campaign to end violence against women.