TT PM calls for sharper focus on women

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Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, who chairs the Office of the Commonwealth, has issued a statement to mark Commonwealth Day, celebrated on Monday, March 14th, in which she called for more initiatives to help female entrepreneurs.

She said: “It is truly a fitting theme as we embark on a new decade of this millennium, where we have three women at the apex of this august organisation – Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, as Head of the Commonwealth; myself as Chairperson of the Commonwealth; and the incoming Chairperson, Julia Gillard, Prime Minister of Australia.

“Great societal change, it is said, is often the culmination of the small yet powerful actions of one person, and history has shown that change in the social, economic, and political status of women throughout our world has predominantly been the result of many dedicated sisters, daughters, mothers and grandmothers of every little community in every country in our world.” (Excerpt from Caribbean News Now)

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