Africa: Voices From Civil Society - 'Investment Must Be Made to Promote Equality and End Inequality'

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The 68th annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68), the UN's largest annual gathering on gender equality and women's empowerment, is taking place this month under the priority theme 'Accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by addressing poverty and strengthening institutions and financing...

The 68th annual Commission on the Status of Women , the UN's largest annual gathering on gender equality and women's empowerment, is taking place this month under the priority theme 'Accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by addressing poverty and strengthening institutions and financing with a gender perspective'.

Terry Dale Ince is a development specialist, social entrepreneur and human rights advocate. She is the founder and convener of Convention for the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women Committee of Trinidad and Tobago , a UN ECOSOC accredited volunteer non-governmental organization focused on Advocacy, Education and Public Awareness on and for the sustainable implementation of the principles of the Convention for the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women.

For more than a decade, Trinidad and Tobago has been characterized by what appears to be an unchanging statistic reflecting one in three women experiencing gender-based violence. This high incidence of gender-based violence continues to be magnified by various risk factors such as ongoing conflict, substance abuse and lack of healthy communication between partners, and cuts across geographical and socioeconomic boundaries.There was a problem processing your submission. Please try again later.

The goals included empowering students to express their experiences of inequality and negative gender stereotypes through creative artistic expression and to understand what is personally required of them when engaging in relationships, among other things. The programme was successfully launched at a high school notorious for students exhibiting risky behaviour.

 

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