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Somewhere right now, a girl is watching her first   match.  She deserves a game that sees her back.Six billion people wi...
11/06/2026

Somewhere right now, a girl is watching her first match.

She deserves a game that sees her back.

Six billion people will tune in to the most watched sporting event in the history of global media. That is the most powerful platform sport has ever had โ€” and a chance to show every woman and girl that she belongs.

On every field. Every court. Every pitch.

The beautiful game belongs to all of us.

Find out how football can change the game for : http://unwo.men/XQNc50ZaA9P

๐Ÿ“ข Join UN Women Caribbean and COLEAD.link to discuss ๐„๐ง๐ ๐š๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Œ๐ž๐ง ๐š๐ฌ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐–๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง'๐ฌ ๐„๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ.๐Ÿ‘‰ Reg...
10/06/2026

๐Ÿ“ข Join UN Women Caribbean and COLEAD.link to discuss ๐„๐ง๐ ๐š๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Œ๐ž๐ง ๐š๐ฌ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐–๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง'๐ฌ ๐„๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ.
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05/06/2026

On , UN Women is calling on governments, partners, and communities to act with urgency on climate action and gender equality, noting that progress on one depends on progress on the other.

UN Women Caribbean is supporting hazard preparedness, economic empowerment and safer communities for women and their families in the Bucknor Community in southern Jamaica ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ.

Watch our ๐Ÿ“นwith Clarendon parish residents who were recipients of a UN Women small grant in response to the impact of .


๐Ÿ“น/Daniele Mariani

The   is not fringe anymore.It is shaping how boys and young men think about women, relationships, and what it means to ...
04/06/2026

The is not fringe anymore.

It is shaping how boys and young men think about women, relationships, and what it means to be a man.

What starts as fitness tips, dating advice, or self-improvement content can turn into messages about dominance, control, and resentment.

For parents and caregivers, this can be difficult to navigate.
See our guide on how to talk to teens about the manosphere: https://www.unwomen.org/en/articles/explainer/how-to-talk-to-teens-about-the-manosphere-a-guide-for-parents-and-caregivers

๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ƒ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ซ๐ฌโ€™ ๐‘๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ & ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐žAs a category of workers whose jobs are at risk during   and other cr...
03/06/2026

๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ƒ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ซ๐ฌโ€™ ๐‘๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ & ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž

As a category of workers whose jobs are at risk during and other crises, positioning domestic workers to be more resilient, was among the main points of discussion between UN Women and the Jamaica Household Workers UNION on a recent mission to Jamaica.

UN Women Caribbean Deputy Representative and Head of Office a.i. UN Women Isiuwa Iyahen and Communications and Advocacy Analyst Sharon Carter-Burke met with President Elaine Duncan, and executive members Trudence Towers, Michele Clarke and Nicole Williams.

Priority actions discussed were:
๐ŸŒช๏ธ ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ & ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž
๐Ÿ“‹Revitalising the JHWU 14 chapters, particularly in the western parishes Hurricane Melissaโ€“affected communities.
๐Ÿ“‹Fee-based care services to meet first responders & care workers child and elder care needs in crisis settings
๐Ÿ“‹Members training in disaster preparedness and working with people living with disabilities (PLWD)
๐Ÿ“‹Establishing a ๐‰๐‡๐–๐” ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž to meet rising demand for certified domestic workers

โœจ JHWU expressed deep gratitude for UN Womenโ€™s continued partnership, especially as they celebrate their 35th anniversary and the UN Women Head was honoured to receive the award on behalf of the office.


UN Women Caribbean ๐Ÿ“ธ /Sharon Carter-Burke

Isiuwa Iyahen, UN Women Caribbean Deputy Representative and Head of Office a.i.  (centre) was pleased to receive Harold ...
29/05/2026

Isiuwa Iyahen, UN Women Caribbean Deputy Representative and Head of Office a.i. (centre) was pleased to receive Harold Robinson, UNFPA SRO Director a.i. to discuss opportunities for strengthened partnership and coordination on the agenciesโ€™ common agenda to advance in the Caribbean.

Also attending the meeting were (from left) UN Women Caribbean Planning and Coordination Specialist, Angela L. Davis; Jenny Karlsen Deputy Director, UNFPA Caribbean; De-Jane Gibbons, Liaison Officer - Barbados and the OECS UNFPA Caribbean and Letitia Nicholas, UN Women Caribbean Monitoring and Reporting Analyst.

UN Women Caribbean ๐Ÿ“ธ/Alonso Bobes

Ebola transmission follows social realities.In Liberia in 2014, women accounted for up to three quarters of   deaths in ...
25/05/2026

Ebola transmission follows social realities.

In Liberia in 2014, women accounted for up to three quarters of deaths in some communities, and 50 years ago in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) women accounted for 56% of those who died.

Ebola transmission follows social realities.

In Liberia in 2014, women accounted for up to three quarters of deaths in some communities, and 50 years ago in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) women accounted for 56% of those who died.

The virus spreads along the lines of caregiving, domestic labor, front-line health work, and burial practices. Because when people are sick, women look after them.

We fear the current outbreak will follow the same pattern and call for increased financial support to primary health care programs that meet the needs of women and girls.

UN Women is on the ground in Ebola-affected countries, working alongside governments, the United Nations system, and womenโ€™s organizations to support their work.

See our full statement: http://unwo.men/PvmV50Z34Z9

21/05/2026

๐Ÿ“ˆ ๐Ÿ’ฐ Increased prices
๐Ÿ’ญ Women forced to pivot to new income streams after losing crops and livestock
๐Ÿ‘ต๐ŸฝGrandmothers ensuring their dependents needsโ€™ are met โ€“ grandchildren and elderly relatives including those living with disabilities -
๐Ÿš๏ธ Families rebuilding homes and lives after the storm.

These were the accounts shared by women in Manchester.

Support matters and the Jamaica social assistance was an anchor in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa.

Through PATH, and with additional cash assistance from UN Women Caribbean and Unicef Jamaica, hundreds of households with young children received critical support.

One young mother said she used the funds to buy fertilizer and made the switch to quick crops as her banana trees were lost. The price of fertilizer had also increased โ€œbut I need my cropsโ€ฆ To be honest I would like to own my own parlour", she shared, is her dream to expand her entrepreneurial initiatives.

โ€œIt helped me a lot, because I have my grandchildren, it fund them to go back to school, buy books and uniforms. The house top did gone but we got zinc and we put it on backโ€, said one grandmother of four.

UN Women Caribbean Deputy Representative and Head of Office a.i. Ms. Iyahen said the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Jamaica officer and the UN teams heard firsthand about the immediate needs the families attended to.

Strengthening how support is deliveredโ€”ensuring it reaches women in ways that work best for them was the main focus of discussions between the UN Women head and her team which also included Planning and Coordination Specialist and humanitarian response focal point Angela L. Davis and Communications and Advocacy Analyst Sharon Carter-Burke and Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Jamaica Minister Pearnel Charles Jnr. and the social workers.

๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—บ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒโ€”๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ปโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€.


UN Women Caribbean ๐Ÿ“น/Daniele Mariani

An UN Women Caribbean delegation led by Deputy Representative and Head of Office a.i. Isiuwa Iyahen, which also included...
15/05/2026

An UN Women Caribbean delegation led by Deputy Representative and Head of Office a.i. Isiuwa Iyahen, which also included Angela L. Davis Planning and Coordination Specialist and Humanitarian response focal point and Sharon Carter-Burke, Communications and Advocacy Analyst paid a courtesy call on UN Jamaica Resident Coordinator and FAO Representative a.i. Ana Touza.

Discussions centred around the UN coordination for response to Hurricane Melissa and preparedness for the 2026 hurricane season.

The importance of the UN delivering as one was emphasised with reflections on successful interventions such as the UN Women Caribbean and Unicef Jamaica cash transfer support for women and children on the PATH programme which reached hundreds of families, and the PSEA sensitisation by the inter-agency PSEA taskforce.



UN Women Caribbean ๐Ÿ“ธ/Daniele Mariani

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