Tuesday 26 May 2015

PSI's 2015 World Women's Committee (WOC)


The PSI Women's Committee met on May 25 and 26 in Geneva.The agenda included violence against women, precarious work, labour migration, peace and freedom, gender equality and gender strategy for the post-2015 development agenda.

Jillian Bartlett, general secrtary of the NUGFW Trinidad & Tobago, represented the Caribbean sub-region. In the discussion on the women's empowerment and their role in discussions at the UN, she commented, “Women work and sacrifice their time and effort to empower women, knock on doors and force them open! ”


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