The Department of Gender Affairs within the Ministry of Home Affairs, Transportation, Energy and Utilities, and Tele. Communication Commission, in partnership with the UN Women Multi-Country Office Caribbean, will host the final round of consultations on developing a National Gender Equality Policy.
The initial round of consultations was held in 2022, and stakeholders from a wide range of state, private sector, and civil society entities in the Turks and Caicos Islands were engaged.
Input from these sectors is critical to the development of such a policy because of the wide-ranging concerns, issues, and realities that must be confronted in the drive toward an equitable society. The policy’s reach encompasses marshaling and distributing resources, enacting legislation, allocating responsibilities, and engaging in capacity building.
The core function of gender equality policy is to correct the systems, structures, habits, and culture that create gender inequalities.
Hence, there is a need for a vast amount of data and the engagement of a broad swathe of society in developing it. The wider Community benefits from the development of the policy as it will serve as an instrument to enhance many facets of everyday life that impact men, women, boys, and girls and guarantee the right to advance equally regardless of traditional factors that have impeded the development of many.
During this round of consultations, the goals of completing the data collection process and giving shape to the nature of our home-grown policy and the action plan that will guide its implementation will be realized. The entities involved in contributing to the formulation will be engaged in consultation from Monday, March 25th, to Thursday, March 28th.
The department looks forward to and welcomes the invaluable support from all sectors from the Public and Private spheres throughout the Turks and Caicos Islands.
