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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 o...

​Register here to receive the Zoom link.  While a significant amount of research has examined the conditions giving rise to legal and policy reform on violence against women (VAW), there is less understanding of whether or not new VAW laws have been accompanied by changes in behavior and attitudes. Has the adoption of VAW legislation—a huge priority of feminist movements since the 1970s—produced social change? This seminar will present evidence for a cautiously optimistic assessment of the power of VAW laws to alter social norms, based on analysis of four waves of survey data ...

The International Maritime Institute (ISMI) of the Regional Academy of Maritime Sciences and Technology (ARSTM) has ended a three-day training course in maritime information and intelligence for maritime intelligence analysts.

State Energy Groups Release Blueprint for State Action for a More Efficient, Customer-Centric Grid As part of the conclusion of a national, two-year initiative hosted by the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners and the National Association of State Energy Officials, 12 states made commitments today to implement key innovations to electricity planning in their states to better meet system and customer needs and state policy goals. To advance the state-of-the-art of electricity planning, NARUC and NASEO jointly released a Blueprint for State Action, five Roadmaps for Compreh...

Monday 8 February 2021 Protesters bow their heads as they observed a minute of silence for Andrea Bharatt and other murdered victims, in a portest organised to call for justice for Andrea Bharatt and protection for the nation's women as they marched around the Queen's Park Savannah on Sunday evening. - Vidya Thurab AN alliance of social actors in a statement on Monday called for an urgent national action plan against gender violence, saying it was not enough to just mourn murder/kidnap victims Andrea Bharatt and Ashanti Riley. The Alliance for State Action to End Gender-based Violence includ...