The Community Development Department and the Institute for Gender and Development Studies, Nita Barrow Unit of The UWI Cave Hill Campus, will host a special awards ceremony to commemorate International Women???s Day.
The International Women???s Day Triennial Awards Ceremony will take place on Saturday, March 5, in Lecture Theatre 1, Roy Marshall Teaching Complex, The University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus, at 7:00 p.m.
During the ceremony, 12 women who have made outstanding contributions to their communities will be recognised and honoured. One female from each parish will be awarded, and the 12th awardee will be a young woman between the ages of 18 and 30.
Minister of Social Care, Constituency Empowerment and Community Development, Steven Blackett, will deliver the feature address and assist in presenting the awards.??Interested persons may contact E. Yolande Skeete at 310-1713, or Jacqueline Pinder at 310-1709, for more information.
deirdre.gittens@barbados.gov.bb