Saturday, August 10, 2024

No medal for development of women at national awards

...recommended introduction of the award from the Women Agents of Change initiative it was meant to recognise the contributions to advancement of women and the mandate of gender equality 
--  Dr Kris Rampersad, Gender Empowerment Specialist/Consultant

No medal for development of women at national awards - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
AT this year’s national awards ceremony on Republic Day on Sunday, no one was awarded the Medal for the Development of Women, raising questions in the minds of some members...


No medal for development of women at national awards

 
Dr Kris Rampersad and former President Paula-Mae Weekes at the 2018 national awards ceremony. - Office of the President
Dr Kris Rampersad and former President Paula-Mae Weekes at the 2018 national awards ceremony. - Office of the President

AT this year's national awards ceremony on Republic Day on Sunday, no one was awarded the Medal for the Development of Women, raising questions in the minds of some members of the public.

Office of the President sources told Newsday on Sunday their only role was to host the event by way of Her Excellency Christine Kangaloo and the provision of President's House. The selection of awardees was done by an awards committee chaired by Chief Justice Ivor Archie.

The Office of President website said the award is for "any person for outstanding contribution to the development of women’s rights and issues."

It may be awarded in gold, silver or bronze in accordance with the assessed value of the service rendered, up to a maximum of ten awards in any one year.

Contacted by Newsday, Network of Women's NGOs former head Dr Kris Rampersad congratulated all recipients and especially the women awardees.

"I am not sure why no award was given for the category of the Medal for the Development of Women. As you may recall when we recommended introduction of the award from the Women Agents of Change initiative it was meant to recognise the contributions to advancement of women and the mandate of gender equality.

"We have seen over the years that there were shifts in it being awarded in some instances to women or groups whose work was not necessarily focussed on development of women." She had originally advocated to establish a women's award.

A deficit still persists in the numbers of women receiving national awards in other categories, said Rampersad, who received the National Award for the Development of Women (gold) for contributions to advancement of women and journalism in 2018 and is now an international development specialist.

“While we have seen increased focus on the role of women and the drive for gender equality that work is by no means over.

"What we do need is for the many women who are benefiting from our tireless efforts and are occupying higher places in management and other positions including in the office of the President, Parliament and elsewhere to ensure that equality remains at the top of developmental agenda with targeted actions to achieve this.

“The work in relation to gender equality is by no means over and in fact we have only just begun."

She said the Women Agents of Change initiative has now been absorbed into the development work of the UN and other international bodies.

Rampersad concluded to Newsday, "Perhaps it is best that you get from the awards committee if it felt that there were no women deserving of the award this year or why none was awarded. There is certainly need for rededication to advancing the work to bridge gender gaps and build on the achievements we have made to date as well as to concerted address the persistent and systemised dimensions of the gender gap that is inhibiting progress and change."

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Friday, June 7, 2024

Cultures Endangered in Digital Age Reengineering Education to Retrieve Legacies

 Without a clear research and education agenda the Challenge of Digital Age for cultures that are not represented in data expressions online threatens to further endanger indigeneous and new world cultures find out more at www.krisrampersad.com

Monday, April 29, 2024

Confronting Colonial Mindset Happy Global Girls In ICT Day With BBC Gone Who Goin Tek Over Town

With escalating evidence of the persistent colonial mindset inhibiting the development agenda introducing a new Demokrissy Series to confront the Colonial Mindset, media bias and bias in tech Happy International Girls In ICT Day. clink image for vide. See details  in this link .


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Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Impact the Future International Women's Day All Issues are Women's Issues


Theme of This Year's Women TechMakers' Ambassadors International Women's Day is Impact the Future. That may be not be an easy task if we do not understand why we are where we are at, the journey, the struggles, the triumphs! Support digitisation and productions in new multimedia forms of our extensive archives of the development agenda on women, culture, media, agriculture, environment, heritage of Latin America and the Caribbean and  the Global South. After all, All Issues are Women's Issues!
Let's partner to enhance digital education, refresh the digital culture with new directions for the Global South!
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Tuesday, January 2, 2024

Silver Fox who dared Lions Prime Minister Basdeo Panday passes on

 He would be known as the Silver Fox who dared Lions. Former Prime Minister Basdeo Panday, the boy from the impoverished canefields of South Trinidad who has indelibly altered the political landscape of the Commonwealth and the Caribbean as Trinidad and Tobago’s fifth Prime Minister died at age 90 on New Years Day, 2024.

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New Year for embracing the World When Your WorldView is the World's View

 

What will the New Year Bring? Twelve New Chapters 365 New Chances! After a year in which we reached into almost every nook and cranny of the world we are poised to consolidate a world for peace, prosperity and progress. Thank you for your support and Happy NewYear! More details and stats and how you can get involved in this link

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Friday, December 8, 2023

Venezuela-Guyana Border Controversy International to Local Ramif...





In this installment of the Border Wars I examine the i mplications to Latin America and Caribbean of the Venezuela-Guyana border controversy and the actions and threats by Venezuelan President Maduro in defiance of the ICJ provisional order - potential repercussions on on regional insecurity, escalating Venezuelan refugee and displacement crises of a failed petro-state and the strain on neighboring countries.
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Friday, November 24, 2023

Regional Implications of the Guyana-Venezuela controversy on Latin America and the Caribbean



The Border Dispute between Guyana and Venezuela heats up as the date for a Venezuelan Referendum approaches while Guyana has taken the issue of Venezuela's threat to occupy some two thirds of its territory to the International Court of Justice. What are the implications of this for the Region and why we should be glued?




Demokrissy takes a close look to the socio-cultural, historical and geopolitical factors in this dispute. Go to the link below for details. 

Brokering the Border Wars – LAC limbo on barbed lines of demarcation as Venezuela-Guyana dispute heightens
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Friday, August 25, 2023

AI and I Reengeneering Education Culture Media in the Digital Age

 

On World Folklore Day I follow an invitation from a search engine to explore information about the day and folklore. It takes me down a rabbit hole of the representations and misrepresentations of information by AI, the new digital tool now widely available in the internet landscape. This takes a close look at how AI is altering that landscape. it is aimed to inform and build critical awareness around uses of AI across sectors.

In this post I look closely at how AI is misrepresenting and misinterpretation information which it shares along with semblance of 'moodiness' aligned to attitudes that are unnerving in a technical environment.

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Heritage Educator Dr Kris Rampersad in an alien landscape on World Folklore Day declares Open I is Not Open-Minded AI -  distortion of information in the digital age Reengineering Education Retooling all sectors for the Digital Age

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No medal for development of women at national awards

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