Stories about St. Vincent & the Grenadines from July, 2011
Caribbean: Commonwealth Stories for Online Time Capsule
The Royal Commonwealth Society is creating the world's largest online time capsule in honour of HM Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee in 2012 and wants regional/Commonwealth bloggers to share their stories. Get involved, here.
St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Violence vs. Women
Abeni quotes statistics which suggest that “St Vincent and the Grenadines is the OECS state with the most female homicides between 2010-2011″, and asks: “Do we even have the will to come up with solutions?”
St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Sex Education
The public reaction to Abeni‘s T-shirt, emblazoned with the words “Sex nice, but de AIDS ting…”, leads her to conclude “that HIV education has to overcome so many prejudices. The reluctance to talk about sex in a holistic way forces the young and not so young to accept myths as...
St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Educational Double Standards
As the Ministry of Education seeks to have certain rules bent for the Prime Minister's daughter, Abeni says: “Rules ought not to be shifted to accommodate persons depending on class/status. It sends a terrible message… We often complain about the breakdown in society but then we facilitate and excuse our...
