Government of Jamaica
19 November 2019 Today, I send you warm greetings on International Men’s Day. This is a great opportunity to recognise the outstanding value that you bring to our lives. Everyday men across Jamaica make tremendous sacrifices for their families, our communities and our nation. Today, we acknowledge all that you…
Please check against delivery: Contribution to Debate on Report of the Joint Select Committee appointed to complete the review of the Sexual Offences Act, Offences Against the Person Act, the Domestic Violence Act, and the Child Care and Protection ActBy the Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and SportThe Honourable Olivia…
Grange announces partnership with UWI Open Campus to combat sexual harassment Kingston, 23 September 2019 – The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport and The University of the West Indies Open Campus have agreed to collaborate in providing training and to engage in areas of research to address prevailing…
Kingston, 17 July 2019 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has announced members of the House of Representatives who have been appointed to the Joint Select Committee to consider the Bill entitled ‘An Act to Make provision for the prevention of sexual harassment…
Kingston, 9 July 2019 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has tabled a Bill entitled ‘An Act to Make provision for the prevention of sexual harassment and for connected matters.’ The Minister tabled the Bill in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (today).…
Kingston 21 May 2019 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, is this year’s recipient of the coveted DUSUSU Award in the Gender Minister category. The awards are presented annually to a First Lady and a Gender Minister who have shown exemplary work in…
Kingston 17 April 2019 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, is urging anyone with information about the death of eight-year-old Shante Skyers to make a report to the police. The girl’s body was found in Sterling Castle Heights, St Andrew on Tuesday. She…
Kingston 12 April 2019 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, says a certain pervasive “idea of masculine identity” is at the root of the high levels of violence, including gender-based violence, in the country. According to the Minister, “This idea of masculinity that…
Kingston 11 April 2019 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has condemned recent acts of violence against women and has urged Jamaicans to do more to end the violence. Minister Grange said the killing of 42 year old Roulene Clarke Cowan on Wednesday…
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Kingston 26 March 2019 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has expressed sadness at the passing of the radio and television broadcaster, Dorraine Samuels who passed away this afternoon (Tuesday) after an illness. In her tribute, Minister Grange described Dorraine Samuels as “an…
MESSAGE BY THE HONOURABLE OLIVIA GRANGE, CD, MP MINISTER OF CULTURE, GENDER, ENTERTAINMENT AND SPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 8 March 2019 You can tell a great deal about a country by the way it treats its women and children. The status that they occupy in the hierarchy of the…
Kingston, December 4– The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport has implemented an online platform developed in partnership with the UNFPA Caribbean Sub-Regional Office. According to Minister Grange, the Bureau of Gender Affairs, a division of the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport will host, manage and maintain…
KINGSTON, November 26, 2018 (JIS): State Minister in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Alando Terrelonge is appealing for Jamaicans to join the Government in ending violence against women and girls. He noted that the Administration is working to address the scourge through legislative, policy and programmatic…