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9th March 2014 British High Commission, Kingston, Jamaica

by Syranno Baines

Digital and Communications Officer

The message is still gender equality

Today, gender equality is just as relevant as it was in 1910, when International Women’s Day was first celebrated. Despite legislative and social advancements in favor of women’s rights, women and girls in countries like Jamaica, continue to face discrimination,violence, and a lack of economic opportunity. For its part, Jamaica has enacted legislation, which coupled with […]

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1st August 2013 British High Commission, Kingston, Jamaica

by Syranno Baines

Digital and Communications Officer

About those Visas …

Britain and Jamaica are long time friends, who partner on very visible technical and operational matters.  But should you ask a random Jamaican about the function of the British High Commission in Kingston;  the response will undoubtedly be something to do with visas. It has not gone unnoticed that since inception in 2003, visas to […]

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24th April 2013 British High Commission, Kingston, Jamaica

by Syranno Baines

Digital and Communications Officer

Locate and Engage …

Over the past few weeks, the British High Commission in Kingston Jamaica has done quite alot of work on Chevening Scholarships and with our Chevening Alumni. We are  in the very final stages of our 12 week “Chevening Alumni Location and Engagement Project”  for both Jamaica and the Bahamas, which saw us identifying, making contact […]

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3rd February 2013 British High Commission, Kingston, Jamaica

by Syranno Baines

Digital and Communications Officer

A few words for Human Rights

For 2013 Human Rights will continue to factor into most of my conversations. This realization is fueled in part by countless Jamaican news reports of children being murdered, or being made to work, or held in ramshackle prisons with adult offenders. Notwithstanding the moratorium, the death penalty remains on Jamaican law books. The high crime rate, extra […]

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