Women’s Cricket: New Zealand will host West Indies
BY AZAD ALI From Caribbean Life New Zealand will host the West Indies in three ICC Women’s Championship matches from March 4-11, next year, before clashing again with the visitors in five Twenty20 Internationals from March 14-25. New Zealand’s head…
Kwanza 2017 honors two dynamic black women
BY VINETTE K. PRYCE From Caribbean Life Anticipation is at peak for the celebration of the 51st anniversary of Kwanza as well as the annual commemoration festivities held at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn. This year in particular, the seven…
Caribbean female leadership needed
By Cdr. Bud Slabbaert From Soualiga Newsday Sint Maarten SINT MAARTEN/COMMENTARY – Would female leadership change the Caribbean? Most likely it will! It is all about the characteristics of how the members of the male and female gender have a…
The Cult of Tonya Harding
By Viviana Olen and Matt Harkins From Vulture We’re Matt and Viviana, best friends, roommates, and co-curators of the Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan Museum (THNK1994 Museum, for short), in Brooklyn, New York. We weren’t born museum owners, like the…
Caribbean ‘Needs Women’s Desk to combat gender violence’
From teleSUR The Caribbean Women’s Association is also calling on individual governments to examine the economic impact of domestic violence across the Caribbean. The Caribbean Women’s Association (Cariwa) is calling on the Caribbean Community (Caricom) to reinstate its Women’s Desk in…
Nicaragua named host for 2018 CONCACAF Women’s Under-17 Championship
Eight teams to compete for regional championship and three available spots in the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Uruguay 2018 Miami (Tuesday, December 5, 2017) – The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) today confirmed Nicaragua…
Incident North of Grand Cayman’s Public Beach Early Saturday Morning 2 December
NOTE: This story has been revised by the RCIPS Mon Dec 4 at 9:14 am since it was first released Sun (3) and published From RCIPS Mon Dec 4 2017 Rape Reported Early Saturday Morning, 2 December Police are investigating…
PAHO recommends steps health care professionals can take to prevent violence against women
Pan American Health Organization www.paho.org World Health Organization www.who.int News and Public Information PAHO recommends concrete steps that health care professionals can take to improve treatment and prevention of violence against women “LIVES” steps: 1) listen closely, with empathy and…
USA gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar pleads guilty to sex charges
From BBC Former USA Olympic gymnastics sports doctor Larry Nassar has pleaded guilty to seven charges of sexual assault against women and girls in his care. He was charged with molesting seven girls, many of whom are gymnasts, while working…
Women’s empowerment and migration in the Caribbean
November 2017 | STUDIES AND PERSPECTIVES – ECLAC SUBREGIONAL HEADQUARTERS FOR THE CARIBBEAN UN symbol.: LC/TS.2017/107 Pages: 43 p. Editorial: CEPAL Type: Studies and Perspectives – ECLAC Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean Collection: ECLAC Series DESCRIPTION This paper presents a…