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The Trinidad Guardian -Online Edition Ver 2.0

By Tabhiry Men Kau Ra

Sunday 17th February, 2008

Women are putting a crack or two in the proverbial glass ceiling. This was the comment of Minister of Local Government Hazel Manning, during the Political Skills Training Orientation Workshop at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port-of-Spain yesterday.

Manning said women had made significant contributions internationally to human development.

She mentioned a few Caribbean women who made their mark on society, like Dr Linda Baboolal, Portia Simpson Miller and the 11 women in the T&T Cabinet.

These prominent figures served as examples for the women running for the local government elections to remain focused.

Manning said statistics showed that gradually, women were making their way into politics.

But women still needed to find a way to prove they were just as good, or even better than their male counterparts.

Manning said as part of Vision 2020, the Government and the Ministry of Local Government would continue to spread the 50/50 campaign to get the balance right between men and women.

Manning urged the women involved to exploit to the fullest the opportunities given to them.

Hazel Brown, co-ordinator of NGOs of T&T for the Advancement of Women, outlined the goals and objectives of the Put a Woman 2007/2008 project.

Other speakers at the ceremony were Dr Kris Rampersad and Helen Camps.

Brown said extensive work was done in other Caribbean countries with respect to the project.

She emphasised the need for the women to be prepared.

“Whichever party the women represent, they must be prepared. I always tell the participants of the programme that you must always be prepared.”

The activist noted that T&T was among 30 countries in the world to receive funding from the United Nations Development Fund for Women for the project.

Brown said the promotion of youth involvement in the electoral process was important.

She emphasised young people wanted to participate in ways that were interesting to them.

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