United Nations Jamaica 76th Anniversary

‘Win-Win Webinar Promotes Gender Equality Rebuilding Jamaica’s Economy with a Gender Lens was the core reminder of the “Win-Win: Building Back Better!” Webinar Series held in June 2021 under the “Win-Win: Gender Equality Means Good Business” programme, which concluded this year. The UN Women, European Union (EU) and International Labour Organization (ILO) programme was created to promote gender equality through the private sector. We know it has to be all-hands-on deck to achieve gender equality in Jamaica. Jamaican CSO Champions Fight Against GBV Towards LBT Women With mounting anxiety around the pandemic and increased stress leading to an increase in the incidence of family violence, women were reaching out to WE-Change for counselling and psychological support services. However, without the necessary resources to handle the magnitude of the incoming calls, the WE-Change team was unable to adequately support victims/survivors of family violence and discrimination. As one of the civil society organisations working under Pillar six (6) of the Spotlight Initiative, WE-Change through the award of a small grant were able to acquire essential resources such as laptops and sound recorders to effectively document incidences of GBV and strengthen their response to victims WE-Change is a community-based advocacy organisation established in 2015 out of a need to strengthen the women’s movement in Jamaica and advocate for all women, including lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LBT) women. With the support of Small Grants from the EU-Spotlight Initiative, seven (7) civil society organizations that target women, men, girls and boys, including marginalized groups such as persons living with HIV, persons with disabilities and the LGBT community, have received support for capacity building to address current organizational challenges and to scale up the work that they are doing within their communities. Kingston Creative Executive Director, Andrea Dempster Chung and UN Women Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, Maria-Noel Vaeza tour the Water Lane Mural Project UN Women Photo: Dorian Clarke UN Women Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, Maria-Noel Vaeza, Hon Olivia Grange, Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport and UN Women Multi Country Office -Caribbean Representative, Tonni Brodber stand in solidarity towards achieving gender equality in Jamaica. UN Women Photo: Dorian Clarke 19 THE 76TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL FEATURE OF THE UNITED NATIONS IN JAMAICA