Saluting Our Women

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One Caribbean Nation.




Today March 8th, 2020 is international Women’s Day. We can expect the political speechifying as our women in all areas of national life are highlighted. All the accolades bestowed on our Caribbean women have been earned and we know, in many cases, they are long overdue. We therefore join in celebrating all women globally but as expected highlight our magnificent women, who have carried the flag for our societies. 
Any serious analysis of our history, in whatever sphere, will come to the undeniable conclusion that our women represent the biggest portion of unsung heroes.
Today, we have women leading countries at both the Executive and political level. The days of political leaders being all male are now happily behind us. There was a time, when women were mainly found in the kitchen of our political parties and the women’s arms of political parties were essentially of the cake sale variety. In many ways, many women, were to be seen but not heard, while men with inflated egos and sometimes limited skills dominated the political, corporate and professional sectors.
One area that our men should be praised for is accepting that our women are ready to lead. We salute our men for decreasing their collective resistance to the new trends and we have no doubt that within another two decades, chances are that our female power will be more pronounced, and we will be better off when this happens.
We must now move swiftly to ensure that all forms of violence against our women become nonexistent.  We expect to see more women and men become excellent role models for all our children. We hope that the Caribbean avoids unnecessary gender wars,  but use our limited resources to wipe out all forms of discrimination against our women. 
We salute all Caribbean women wherever they are today. You make us all proud as you rightfully continue to assert your natural strengths of leadership and vision, in all sectors. It’s a task with which you have always been familiar even when you were working behind the scenes, and we know you will never fail the region.


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