Government of Jamaica
Kingston, 23 August 2018 – The Honourable Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport has announced that the Government has acquired property for the purpose of establishing the first state-run National Shelter for victims and survivors of Gender-based Violence (GBV). The property in rural Jamaica was purchased through…
Kingston, August 17 – The Honourable Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport and Chairman of the Jamaica National Commission for UNESCO has announced that the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation has won the prestigious UNESCO Prize for Girls’ and Women’s Education. The US$50,000 prize honours the outstanding…
Kingston, 8 July 2018 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange has welcomed the historic appointment of Christine Gooden Benguche as President of the Jamaica Methodist District. She is the first woman to be appointed to the post. Minister Grange: “I am delighted to…
The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has released the findings of the first-ever survey to measure the prevalence of gender-based violence in Jamaica.
Declaring that "no one must be left behind" the Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, launched a new initiative to help adolescent mothers to complete their high school education.
"Yasheka, you can consider your balance paid," said the Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, after listening to the story of the young mother who is struggling with the cost of her nursing programme at Excelsior Community College.
The Honourable Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport says she is delighted by the news that for the first time a woman, in the person of Corporal Arlene McBean, has been selected Chairman of the Jamaica Police Federation.
State Minister in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Alando Terrelonge has challenged students at St. George’s Girls and Infant School to strive to achieve at the highest levels.
The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has condemned the deadly attack on a pregnant woman and two children in Hanover this morning (Wednesday).
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Contestants in the Miss Curvy Jamaica Pageant had an enjoyable time with the Honourable Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, when they paid a Courtesy Call on her at the Ministry on April 18. Minister Grange welcomed the pageant which is in its first year, noting that…
The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange has said that what is required to achieve gender equality is men and women working side-by-side to create societies that provide equal enjoyment of the socially valued goods, opportunities, resources and rewards.
The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange has said that with the passing of Dr. Donna McFarlane, Jamaica is mourning the loss of another of its outstanding women.
Kingston, January 22, 2017 – The Honourable Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, has commended the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF) for positively impacting the lives of adolescent mothers despite the stigma that is attached to teenage pregnancy.