startedMar2021

Project Name

“SHEROES: Women Activist Rising to the challenge”

Project Overview

Activity Financing Project, USD$6,500

SHEROES Initiative “SHEROES: Women Activist Rising to the challenge” Submitted by: Institute of Gender and Development Studies (IGDS)

Funded by the UNESCO Caribbean and administered by the Jamaica National Commission for UNESCO (JNC-UNESCO)

Objectives:
 Highlight the contributions of outstanding CSOs as Gender Equality Champions and activists;
 Bring together diverse groups working on gender justice and equality to share their work and research; and
 Develop tools to collaborate on specific actions relating to women and girls.

Project Updates

Last modified on September 3rd, 2021 at 2:43 pm

Caribbean Sheroes Initiative – Toolkit

This third phase of the project was aimed at developing a Toolkit that documented the work and approaches of CSOs in promoting gender equality in Jamaica and the wider Caribbean, as well as providing lessons learned and recommendations for other CSOs and younger generations of women involved in advancing gender […]

Last modified on September 3rd, 2021 at 2:28 pm

Honouring our Sheroes

The Caribbean Sheroes Initiative is a sub-regional Initiative that aims to produce knowledge and enhance the skills of young people to promote gender equality. Honouring our Sheroes event was held April 29, 2021 with a focus on highlighting the work of Gender Equality Champions and the production of a Knowledge Tool […]