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Kingston, 31 January 2021 – The woman who was featured on national television sleeping on the street with her young child is getting help. The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, says the woman has been taken from the street “and at this time she…
Kingston, 31 January 2021 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has expressed shock and outrage at the killing of a woman during a church service in Falmouth, Trelawny on Sunday. The police report that Andrea Lowe-Garwood was in a worship session at her…
Kingston, 29 November 2020 (JIS) - The Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Alando Terrelonge, is urging young people not to surrender to social pressure to become parents early, or to have children by a certain age, to fit in with society’s…
Kingston, 26 November 2020 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has announced the naming of the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation’s Annual Lecture in honour of Mrs. Pamela McNeil, the first Executive Director of the Women’s Centre. The third staging of the Women’s…
Kingston 25 November 2020 (JIS) - The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the honourable Olivia Grange, says that officers from the Bureau of Gender Affairs have been dispatched to the community of Tryall Heights, St. Catherine, to provide support, following the recent killing of a grandmother and her…
Kingston 25 November 2020 (JIS) - The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, says Jamaica must renew its commitment to ending domestic abuse as well as using violence as a way to discipline children. “It’s time we decide as a nation that we will stop…
Kingston, 25 November 2020 (JIS) - The first of three national shelters being established by the Government for women who are victims of abuse and their children is now operational. The shelters form part of the Government’s efforts to provide support to women and children impacted by gender-based violence, as…
Kingston, 23 November 2020 (JIS) - The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, is appealing for Jamaicans “not to turn a blind eye” to acts of violence against women and girls. She was speaking at a church service to mark International Day for the Elimination…
Kingston, 16 November 2020 (JIS) - A number of activities are being organised in observance of International Men’s Day (IMD) on Thursday, November 19 under the theme ‘A Man’s Health is a Man’s Wealth’. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Denzil Thorpe, said that a…
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Kingston, 23 October 2020 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has urged countries to “put stronger focus on creating real gender equality” as they build back stronger from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Minister Grange made the remarks in a video statement…
Kingston, 15 October 2020 – “The place is nice and clean and ready, except for one and two things,” said the Minister of Culture, Gender Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, on Thursday (today) after she examined the facility that will serve as the first state-run shelter for victims…
Kingston, 18 September 2020 (JIS) - The first of three national shelters being established across the island to house abused women is scheduled to open shortly. The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, made the disclosure in an interview with JIS News following the ceremony…
Kingston, 8 September 2020 - The Minister of Culture Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has said that with the passing of Mrs. Jeanette Grant-Woodham “Jamaica has lost a woman who made an indelible mark on education and politics.” “In the course of her long and distinguished service…