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By Nicole Best CMC Correspondent MONTREAL, Canada, March 7, 2017 (CMC) – The fifth Regional Platform for disaster risk reduction in the Americas began here, yesterday, with the United Nations reiterating a call for the reduction of greenhouse gases that ...

WASHINGTON, DC March 8, 2017 (CMC) – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) today, said women in the Caribbean have made significant strides on the board of directors of private companies, as it highlighted the achievement made in gender equality in ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 8, 2017 (CMC) – The Guyana government has brushed aside allegations of political interference in the police investigations into a controversial multi-million dollar land deal, as more former government ministers and officials were being questioned by the ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 8, 2017 (CMC) – Former president, Bharrat Jagdeo, was among several high-profile members of the main opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) arrested, yesterday, as police continued their probe into the acquisition of land by several former ministers ...

By Neil Armstrong Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario March 8, 2017 — In celebration of the strength of Black women, Ryerson University presented four awards and a bursary to five women at its 9th annual Viola Desmond Day awards ceremony on ...

By Thalif Deen IPS Contributing Writer UNITED NATIONS, New York March 8, 2017 (IPS) — The United Nations has frequently been accused of vociferously preaching gender empowerment and women’s rights to the outside world — but failing miserably to practice ...

By Margot Wallström IPS Guest Writer STOCKHOLM, Sweden March 7, 2017 (IPS) — Lately, the world has tended to present itself in increasingly darker shades. In many places, democracy is questioned, women’s rights are threatened, and the multilateral system that ...

By IPS World Desk ROME/GENEVA, March 8, 2017 (IPS) — “The women’s movement has brought about tremendous change but we must also recognise that progress has been slow and extremely uneven and that it also brought its own challenges,” warned ...

By Yvonne Sam PRIDE Columnist MONTREAL, Quebec March 8, 2017 — Today is International Women’s Day (IWD), the special day we celebrate how much women have achieved. We celebrate the various ways that women have advanced in various careers and ...

By Steven Fouchard Contributing Writer OTTAWA, Ontario March 8, 2017 — Jamaica-born, Sergeant (Retired) Joan Buchanan, who joined the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) in 1987 and was assigned as a Resource Management Systems (RMS) clerk, has many memorable moments to ...