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Having gender-sensitive policies is an important consideration for ministries of finance in setting budgets, meeting fiscal targets and allocating resources.
Minister in the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Investment, Marsha Caddle, made this point as she participated in the virtual UN Women Multi-Country Office – Caribbean Media Takeover Instagram Live entitled:
Why Do You Lead? as part of activities to mark International Women’s Day yesterday.
Caddle highlighted the attention Government paid to policies to address women’s burden of care, particularly as it relates to newborns and maternity leave.
“We are expanding that to look overall at parental leave . . . We’re going to help men/women deal with this care responsibility as a unit, because that is what is going to be important for women,” she said.