#Kingston, March 10, 2019 – Jamaica – Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology, Carol Palmer, is encouraging more Jamaican women to aspire towards leadership. This, she said, is imperative in the multi-stakeholder approach to creating a more balanced society with men occupying those positions.
The Permanent Secretary further encouraged women to take
steps to empower themselves to this end and accommodate their male counterparts
in the process. She was addressing women
at the National Integrity Action’s (NIA) International Women’s Day Leadership
Roundtable forum at the Courtyard Marriott Hotel in New Kingston on Friday
(March 8).
Meanwhile, Mrs. Palmer, who represented Portfolio
Minister, Hon. Fayvaal Williams, beseeched the society’s youth to be determined
and hardworking in pursuit of their goals.
“Determine in your heart what you want people to think
of you. You must not do it because somebody is watching… you must do it because
it is right,” she emphasized.
The forum featured roundtable discussions, led by National
Religious Media Commission Chair, Rev. Dr. Patricia Holness.
Other participants included: Inter-American
Development Bank Caribbean Country General Manager, Therese Turner-Jones; Chief
Country Marketing Officer, Jamaica Money Market Brokers Group, Lisa-Maria
Alexander; and Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions President, Helene Davis
Whyte.
Contact: Ainsworth Morris
Release: JIS
Photo Caption:Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology, Carol Palmer (right), addressing the National Integrity Action’s (NIA) International Women’s Day Leadership Roundtable forum at the Courtyard Marriott Hotel in New Kingston on Friday (March 8).
Photo: Yhomo Hutchinson