Caribbean Posh Magazine establishes the region’s Premier Women’s Empowerment event
2016 Power Brunch: BVI Sets Precedent for First Event of Its Kind in The Caribbean Caribbean POSH Magazine recently wrapped thevery successful premier edition of the Caribbean POSHGirl POWER Brunch: BVI earlier this month which was held on Scrub Island,…
Florida Bar President admits he was naive about gender bias
By Julie Kay, Daily Business Review Florida Bar President Ramon Abadin invited every male South Florida law firm managing partner to a speech he gave Wednesday about gender bias in the legal profession. Apparently just one showed up, the head of…
Bias suit against Twitter set to expand across engineer ranks
By Ben Hancock, From The Recorder SAN FRANCISCO — Lawyers for a former Twitter Inc. software engineer are ready to argue that the company’s culture around job promotions holds back women at all rungs of its engineering ranks. Jason…
CONCACAF announces Women’s Football Leadership Group
Female experts will examine further opportunities to promote the sport and achieve growth MIAMI ( – The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) announced today the formation of the Women’s Football Leadership Group that will be…
[Jamaican] Flight attendant charged with coke smuggling a ‘Flight Risk’
By Andrew Blankstein and Tracy Connor From NBC News The JetBlue flight attendant charged with trying to smuggle almost 70 pounds of cocaine onto a flight — and hot-footing it without her Gucci shoes during a security screening — appeared…
Conn. woman who killed newborn involved in unusual clemency case
Woman who killed newborn makes unusual clemency request By MEGAN SPICER, From The Connecticut Law Tribune Panna Krom was only 16 when she got pregnant. Fearing her strict immigrant parents would disown her if they found out, she hid her…
Cayman Islands Minister goes to United Nations
Minister Rivers at U.N. for CEDAW Extension Minister for Gender Affairs, Hon. Tara Rivers was at the United Nations in New York today (Wednesday, 16th March) for the extension of Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against…
86 Year old letter to a US bank
Supposedly this is true but it made me smile – I am sure it will you. Shown below, is an actual letter that was sent to a bank by an 86 year old woman. The bank manager thought it amusing…
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The Grenada revolution and women’s struggle for liberation
By Ajamu Nangwaya From telesur Socialist feminism is an ally in the struggle against capitalism, imperialism and racism. The Grenada Revolution, which lasted from March 13, 1979, to Oct. 25, 1983, gave the Anglophone Caribbean an example of a different…
Cayman Islands Brokers Assoc. re-elects 1st female president
The Cayman Islands Real Estate Brokers Association (CIREBA) has re-elected Jeanette Totten, who was also the first woman President to serve CIREBA from 2011-2014. Jeanette started her own boutique-style real estate company, Cayman Luxury Property Group with her husband in…
