9WAMM
Ninth Commonwealth Women's Affairs Ministers Meeting
Final Communiqué
The ninth Commonwealth Women's Affairs Ministers Meeting (9WAMM) was held in Barbados from 7-9 June 2010.
The 9th Commonwealth Women’s Affairs Ministers Meeting (9WAMM) was held in Bridgetown, Barbados on 7-9 June 2010. Delegations from 32 countries attended the Meeting. The Meeting was opened by the Hon Freundel Stuart, Acting Prime Minister of Barbados and chaired by the Hon Stephen Lashley, Minister of Youth, Family and Sports, Barbados.
The theme of the conference was “Gender Issues in Economic Crisis, Recovery and Beyond: Women as Agents of Transformation".
Video: Paying for Change
Featured Publication: Trading Stories
Through twenty regional and country case studies, Trading Stories pulls together the key links between trade, gender and economic development.
Ten case studies focus on the gender impacts of trade policies, detailing differential consequences on men and women; and ten focus on linking women with global markets – including FairTrade, organic, niche and mainstream markets – through a range of best practices involving government, NGOs, people’s organisations and associations, private sector and international agencies.
Speeches
- Address at the opening ceremony of the Ninth Commonwealth Women’s Affairs Ministers Meeting – 9WAMMKamalesh Sharma, Commonwealth Secretary-General
9WAMM Newsletter #1Government of Barbados Bureau of Gender Affairs
The Commonwealth’s gender equality programme is defined by the Commonwealth Plan of Action for Gender Equality 2005–2015 (PoA).
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