Caribbean rights advocate tells SIDS conference it’s time to re-think strategies Prominent Caribbean rights advocate, Anande Trotman-Joseph, says there is need to “domesticate” international law so as to strengthen measures aimed at ensuring equality, opportunities and empowerment for women. “SIDS requires integrated and inclusive approaches as we enter upon a new paradigm for development, built upon the foundations of international human rights, legal frameworks achieved,” Mrs. Trotman-Joseph told the Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS) on Tuesday. “We must consolidate for the future. Therefore, it is important that we domesticate these international law sand strengthen domestic legal frameworks responsive to women’s equality, opportunities and empowerment,” said Mrs. Trotman-Joseph, an attorney and the Caribbean Representative for UNWomen Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. [ via : Caribbean360 News ]
Posted on: Thu, 04 Sep 2014 14:00:01 +0000
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