History: The foundations for
this project lay in the decisions from Meetings of Bureaux of
Gender/Women’s Affairs and the Council for Human and Social Development
(COHSOD).
Project aim: The establishment of an Office of the Special
Advocate against GBV seeks to develop a more coordinated and integrated
approach to reducing Gender Based Violence (GBV) in the CARICOM region.
Mandate of the Advocate: The CARICOM Advocate for Gender
Justice will be required to:
• coordinate the research on GBV within the CARICOM Region
• raise awareness of the need for further action to develop and
strengthen integrated responses which address all social and legal
sectors for the purposes of protection, provision of services;
justice; and prevention.
Financial support: Funded under the CARICOM / Spain
Cooperation Agreement
Proposed thematic report: Youth, Masculinity and Violence
Location of the Advocate: Barbados
Commencement date and Period of execution: 12 months in the
first instance starting 2nd March 2010
Management structure: The Working Group on GBV already
established and functioning will provide oversight to the project while
a technical advisory panel comprising of experts in the area of gender
and development and masculinity studies will be established to support
the Advocate and consultants in their work on “Youth, Masculinity and
Violence”.
Partners:
• National: Bureaux of Women’s/Gender Affairs, health, education
justice and security, Central Statistical Offices, other relevant
and competent authorities, and NGOs in CARICOM Member States
• Regional: with regional NGOs such as CAFRA, DAWN Caribbean
• International: UN agencies through the Working Group on Gender
based Violence
LAUNCH OF THE OFFICE OF THE CARICOM ADVOCATE FOR GENDER JUSTICE
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The Launch of the Office of the CARICOM Advocate for Gender Justice
took place on International Women’s Day, 8th March 2010 at the CARICOM
Headquarters in Georgetown.
Dr. Rosina Wiltshire was formally introduced as the First CARICOM
Advocate for Gender Justice. She was appointed one year, in the first
instance.
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