Who Makes the News, Men or Women? I’ll Give You One Guess!

July 14th, 2016

WMW Jamaica (formerly Women’s Media Watch) is one of Jamaica’s most resilient, focused and long-running non-governmental organizations. Founded in 1987, WMW is volunteer-driven and passionately focused. Over the years, it has worked with journalists and diverse groups of women (and men) to raise awareness of gender – and how we talk, write and report on […]

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Listen to the Voice!

September 6th, 2015

Democracy is a very fluid thing, isn’t it. It is sometimes a difficult environment in which to find the right place – that niche where you feel you can operate as an effective human being. There are, actually, so many options – sometimes almost too many. But democracy gives you that freedom. The lead singer […]

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Pay Our Mothers, the Producers of Quality Citizens

November 17th, 2014

What would happen if all the mothers in Jamaica went on strike? Now, there’s a thought. The country would grind to a halt, I suspect. Children would not go to school. Families would go hungry. Economic production would slow. Households would cease to function. Clothes would go unwashed. We would all end up living in […]

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WMW: Creating Equal Spaces

July 28th, 2014

On a warm Saturday evening, the harmonies of vintage reggae drifted gently from behind the neat building that houses WMW Jamaica’s offices. It’s a busy part of town, but the sounds were softer this evening. This was WMW’s mingle and website launch. In the courtyard, guests were arriving. Staff members were putting in quiet finishing […]

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