Caribbean | Trinidad & Tobago | Leadership

The 10 most powerful women in Trinidad and Tobago

Everyone knows the saying ‘behind every great man is a great woman’, but these women stand behind no one. Here’s a list of the women who ‘run things’, and have made indelible contributions to the history and future of Trinidad and Tobago. Catherine Kumar - CEO of the Trinidad and Tobago Chamber of Industry Kamla Persad-Bisessar - The first female Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Jearlean John - Housing Development Company’s CEO Diana Mahabir-Wyatt - former Senator Mahabir-Wyatt Dolly Nicholas - The first and only woman to receive a

Caribbean | Trinidad & Tobago | Economy

NGOs seek more women candidates in elections

Source: Trinidad and Tobago NewsDay

There is a need to increase the number of women chosen to run in this year’s elections according to Hazel Brown, coordinator of the Network of NGOs. “We are asking the political parties to at least put up 30 percent of women to be candidates to help increase women in the business world,” she said. Brown was speaking yesterday at the Network of NGOs Presentation of women candidates running for the 2015 election at Hyatt Regency, Dock Road, Port-of-Spain.

Caribbean | Trinidad & Tobago | Business

Supporting Female Caribbean Entrepreneurs

Source: Caribbean Journal

You really don’t know what to expect when you put a dozen-plus Caribbean entrepreneurs in one room for a week. But one thing was clear when 15 entrepreneurs—all women—came together in Port of Spain in April. It was the start of something good. The ladies gathered to share experiences and build strategies for future collaboration. Besides their Caribbean heritage and passion for productivity, these go-getters had something else in common. Each had been competitively selected to take part in the first-ever facilitators training for the Women’s Innovation Network of the Caribbean (W

Caribbean | Trinidad & Tobago | Politics

Kamla: Women endure more blows

Source: Trinidad Express

There are double standards when it comes to women politicians who endure “blows” from some who are obsessed with belittling them, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has said. She was speaking at a conference to commemorate the work of Hazel Brown, at the Hyatt Regency (Trinidad) hotel, Port of Spain, on Friday. “As women, you really take a more severe battering in the politics. In some cases, there is a double standard in the way women in the political arena are viewed and the way that people approach them and the way people speak about us, and that is perhaps why we see le

Caribbean | Trinidad & Tobago | Politics

‘She has disgraced Tobago’ – Trinidad & Tobago’s Politics Hits New Low

Source: Trinidad Express

No-one quite expected the new low to which politics — not to mention logic and common decency — have sunk. Tobago House of Assembly (THA) Chief Secretary Orville London has labelled the statements made in Parliament by Tobago East MP Vernella Alleyne-Toppin as disgusting and disrespectful to Tobago women. London said the behaviour of Alleyne-Toppin, who is also Tobagonian, is not one of true representation to the people of Tobago and Tobago women. During a contentious debate in parliament, Vernella Alleyne-Toppin, a female parliamentarian from Tobago, made the distasteful accusati