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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…
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…
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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…
MESSAGE BY THE HONOURABLE OLIVIA GRANGE, CD, MP MINISTER OF CULTURE, GENDER, ENTERTAINMENT AND SPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 25 November 2018 Each year on this date we recommit as individuals and as a country to take steps to eliminate violence against women. It…
STATEMENT TO THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT By the Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport The Honourable Olivia Grange, CD, MP Tuesday, 20 November 2018 Mr Speaker, yesterday Jamaica joined several countries around the world in celebrating International Men’s Day. The first International Men’s Day was observed in 1992. Each…
Kingston, 19 November 2018 (JIS): The Government is facilitating discussions on the introduction of a Paternity Leave Act, to encourage shared parenting, support and mentoring. Speaking at the International Men’s Day forum on November 19 at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Culture,…