XIV Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean

She is integral to the implementation of the National Policy for Gender Equality as well as coordinating the qualitative dimensions of social policy and action research. Her experiential background in the cross-cutting discipline of gender and development studies significantly impacts her involvement in the implementation of the National Strategic Action Plan to Eliminate Gender-based Violence in Jamaica. As focal point for the Gender Division, she represents the Ministry through participation in several fora to ensure the seamless integration of gender in national policies, plans, programs and projects. A transformational leader and facilitator, she engages key publics through strategic and sustainable collaboration and partnership towards the achievement of gender equality and women’s empowerment in keeping with the Ministry’s Gender Mainstreaming Mandate.