Monday 1 March 2021
An International Women’s Day (IWD) Walkout will take place on March 8, led by 15 women’s rights, LGBTQ+ and social justice organisations.
In the spirit of IWD’s 2021 theme #ChooseToChallenge, the collective efforts of the walkout will aim to challenge the conscience of Trinidad and Tobago’s leaders to implement measures to create a safer country for women.
The muster point will be City Gate, Port of Spain, at 2 pm. The walk will then move to Parliament and will end at 4 pm.
In a release, the organisations said the symbolic, nationwide walkout will see all kinds of people walk out from their offices, homes, or wherever else they might be, to gather at the capital’s major transport hub, City Gate. When it concludes outside the Red House, the gathering will call on the Government and Opposition for immediate action against gender-based violence.
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‘Reach home safe :The taxi problem
Monday 1 March 2021
Some of the Princes Town taxi drivers on Library Corner, San Fernando, on Thursday pose with their new shirts. - Angelo Marcelle
THE initiative by drivers on the Princes Town taxi route to identify legitimate route taxi drivers by wearing colourful shirts seemed a welcome effort to raise the confidence of passengers seeking safe public transport.
The move was foreshadowed in February by Taxi Drivers Network president Adrian Da Costa, after public outrage about the murders of Andrea Bharrat and 18-year-old Ashanti Riley who were abducted while travelling.
Mr Da Costa called for a dress code for drivers and a greater emphasis on standardisation in the hired taxi sector.