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20/11/2018

Dr. Wayne Henry, Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica thanks the UNFPA Caribbean and other development partners for their support as he identifies population and migration policies as integral to the planning process. He was speaking at the launch of the 2018 State of the World Population Report which was officially launched in partnership with the Planning Institute of Jamaica on the 8th of November in Kingston, at the Terra Nova Hotel. Video credits: Vilma Gregory, Jelanie Thomspon and Rakeem Walker for UNFPA Caribbean. See earlier photos: https://www.facebook.com/pg/UNFPACari...

20/11/2018

UNFPA Caribbean Director and Representative Alison Drayton shares trends in the global fertility rates and details the institutional and economic barriers still being faced in the Caribbean. She was speaking at the launch of the 2018 State of the World Population Report which was officially launched in partnership with the Planning Institute of Jamaica on the 8th of November in Kingston, at the Terra Nova Hotel. Video credits: Vilma Gregory, Jelanie Thomspon and Rakeem Walker for UNFPA Caribbean. See earlier photos: https://www.facebook.com/pg/UNFPACari...

03/10/2018

#HurricaneMaria devastated Dominica last year and UNFPA has been working with our partners on the ground to build and sustain greater national resilience to natural disasters. This video showcases some of the damage suffered by Dominica and highlights some aspects of the response and recovery efforts now taking place. Video credits: Vilma Gregory, Jelanie Thompson and Rakeem Walker for UNFPA Caribbean

03/09/2018

Teenage mother and social activist Akoala Thompson speaks passionately on SRH and Rights for Adolescents at the Caribbean Forum on Population, Youth and Development which was held in Georgetown, Guyana from the 24-26 July, 2018. The forum looked at possibilities to create tighter synergies between youth policy needs and broader development frameworks such as the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development, the SAMOA Pathway, the #SDGs as well as national sectoral plans. See earlier photos: https://www.facebook.com/pg/UNFPACari..

09/09/2018

Director Alison Drayton responds to audience queries on adolescent health and climate vulnerabilities. She lauds leading efforts of Jamaica in Home and Family Life Education #HFLE and highlights the long-term psycho-social effects of natural disasters in the Caribbean region. She was speaking at the Caribbean Forum on Population, Youth and Development which was held in Georgetown, Guyana from the 24-26 July, 2018. See earlier photos: https://www.facebook.com/pg/UNFPACari..

09/07/2018

Led by Nurse and midwife Julie Frampton, hurricane survivors express themselves and involve our Communications Consultant Vilma Gregory at the launch of the UNFPA-supported Women Friendly Spaces in Portsmouth, Dominica. The launch took place on the 26th May, 2018. Event coverage: Vilma Gregory, Jelanie Thompson and Rakeem Walker for UNFPA Caribbean See earlier photo story https://www.facebook.com/pg/UNFPACari...

02/10/2018

Parliamentarian and Opposition Chief Whip Gail Teixeira discusses the need for access to SRH services and the progress being made to exercise the rights of Guyanese citizens, despite the challenges. She was addressing our visiting multimedia team on the 30th of May, 2018 at her office in Georgetown, Guyana. Event coverage: Vilma Gregory, Jelanie Thompson and Onaje Gregory for UNFPA Caribbean

28/05/2018

Meet Alison Drayton, our UNFPA Caribbean Director and Representative

26/05/2018

Meet Siti Batoul Oussein, our UNFPA Caribbean Deputy Director

25/05/2018

Ms. Melissa Morgan, Co-ordinator of Research and Programme Development at the Bureau of Gender Affairs in Dominica shares the advocacy and data-gathering role of her organization. She discusses the impact of the UNFPA-supported Referral Pathway Training and the Development of Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for a survivor-first approach. She was addressing the visiting UNFPA Media team on the 25th of May, 2016 at the Garaway Hotel in Roseau, Dominica during a SOP workshop for stakeholders. Event coverage: Vilma Gregory, Jelanie Thompson and Onaje Gregory for UNFPA Caribbean

 

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