Guyana Has Caribbean’s Most Female Parliamentarians: UN Report

By: - November 5th, 2011

Above, from left: Guyanese MPs Amna Ally, Judith David-Blair and Deborah Backer

By the Caribbean Journal staff

Approximately 30 percent of Guyanese parliamentarians are women, the highest rate of female political involvement in CARICOM, according to data from the United Nations Human Development Report.

Guyana is followed by Trinidad, whose parliament has 27.4 percent female members, and Grenada, which is third at 21.4 percent.

Haiti has the fewest female parliamentarians in the Caribbean, with 4.2 percent of its parliament.

See below for the full list:

Bahamas

Term Limits for OECS Officials?

Above: the Antiguan Parliament Antiguan Sen. Joanne Massiah told her country’s Upper House this week that term limits should be compulsory for those appointed to head the OECS and other regional institutions. The senator, who is a member of the United Progressive Party, said the Revised Treaty of Basseterre, which establishes the OECS economic union, […]

Bahamas

Trinidad Holding Energy Talks in London

Above: Trinidad PM Kamla Persad Bissessar (TGISL) and BP CEO Robert Dudley (© BP p.l.c) By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar is holding separate meetings today in London with the CEO of BP, Robert Dudley and Roland Fisher, the CEO of Gasfin. The Prime Minister will discuss energy matters related both […]

Bahamas

Jamaica "Steadfast" in Resolving IMF Issues, Government Says

Above: IMF headquarters in Washington, DC The Jamaican government will remain steadfast in resolving the main issues in its discussions with the International Monetary Fund, Information Minister Sen. Arthur Williams said Wednesday. The government is working to address tax reform, public sector pension reform, the sale of aluminium company Clarendon Alumina Partners and the treatment […]

Trinidad Leads Caribbean in Gender Equality: United Nations Report

 Above: Trinidad Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar (Photo: TGISL) By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad has the highest rating the Caribbean for gender equality, according to data from the United Nations Development Programme’s latest report. Trinidad has an index of 0.331, which is 53rd in the world, just after the Maldives, and just in front of […]

New Antigua Airport Terminal Breaks Ground, With Help from China

 Above: a rendering of the new VC Bird Airport Terminal By the Caribbean Journal staff Antigua broke ground yesterday on a new airport terminal at the country’s VC Bird International Airport, a project that will begin construction next month and be completed by December 2013. The project will be handled by the China Civil Engineering […]

Barbados Has Caribbean's Highest Human Development Index: UN

 Above: Trinidad Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar (Photo: TGISL) By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad has the highest rating the Caribbean for gender equality, according to data from the United Nations Development Programme’s latest report. Trinidad has an index of 0.331, which is 53rd in the world, just after the Maldives, and just in front of […]

Bahamian Coconuts Get Jamaican Help

 Above: Jamaican coconut expert Dr Wayne Myrie inspects a section of Greg Stuart’s stock in North Eleuthera. From left: BAIC GM Benjamin Rahming, Myrie, Edison Key and Arnold Dorsett (BIS Photo/Gladstone Thurston) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Bahamian government is working to revitalise its coconut industry with a series of initiative across the country’s […]