Government of Jamaica
Kingston, 3 March 2020 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has said the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry and the University of the West Indies Open Campus on Sexual Harassment Training and Research is an important effort on the…
8 March 2020 Almost 25 years ago, Jamaica joined 188 countries in adopting the Beijing Declaration and the Platform for Action to achieve gender-equality. We committed to take action to achieve parity in 12 critical areas, including: poverty; education and training; health; violence; economy; as well as power and decision-making.…
Kingston, 9 March 2020 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, says the Spotlight Initiative Jamaica programme will strengthen the government’s efforts to end violence against women and girls. Minister Grange was speaking at the ceremonial signing and launch of the Spotlight Initiative Jamaica…
Kingston, 1 April 2020 – The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport is giving support to vulnerable adolescent mothers during the Covid-19 pandemic. “During this period they were all sent home,” said the Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange who explained that about 500…
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…
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, 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, 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, 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 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, 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 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 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…