Twenty-eight representatives from various organisations in Jamaica’s women’s sector met recently to discuss its continued participation in the Partnership for Jamaica (PFJ) and to elect a four-woman team that will attend the meetings on behalf of the sector.
The four women are:
- Nadeen Spence – President, Young Women’s Leadership Initiative
- Marcia Forbes – Executive Chairperson, Phase 3 Productions
- Indi Mclymont-Lafayette – Regional Director, Panos Caribbean
- Lisa Davis – Cluster Volunteer for Community Capacity Building, Women’s Resource and Outreach Centre
“I look forward to the Partnership working and fulfilling its promise – I expect both women and men to pay close attention to the process of the Partnership to ensure that their voices are heard through their representatives,” said Spence, who is the official representative to the PFJ.
Forbes is the alternate representative and Mclymont-Lafayette and Davis will fill-in in their absence.
The women’s sector meeting comes after the sector initially suspended its participation in the PFJ following its expressed dissatisfaction with the body’s handling of the National Housing Trust/Outameni situation earlier this year.
The election of Spence as representative signals the sector’s intention to continue its participation in the PFJ, whose mandate is to embark on a programme for Jamaica’s stabilisation surrounding growth with equity and sustainable development through social partnership. It involves representatives from government, business, non-government organisations and other civil society groups.
The sector appreciates the importance of the PFJ, and recognises its right to sit at the table sharing the significant perspective of women.
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