Period Poverty Folade Mutota, on period poverty and the wider development-agenda discussion. “If TT’s leaders do not understand a call for more affordable access to sanitary napkins in the context of gender equality, ‘How does that, for example, protect or advance the rights of women and girls?’” Article: Period Poverty Source: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday…
Hotline coming to report sexual harassment on job Folade Mutota expressed concerns over complaints from domestic and migrant workers regarding the new policies. Mutota also called for the Ministry’s policy to ensure gay and effeminate men are protected from sexual harassment. Article: Hotline coming to report sexual harassment on job Source: The Guardian, Trinidad and…
Women’s group: LGBTQ+ community faces sex, gender taunts Folade Mutota on sexual harassment within the LGBTQ+ community. Article: Women’s group: LGBT community faces sex, gender taunts Source: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday Published: April 12, 2019
In the News: DON’T FAT SHAME ME WINAD’s Folade Mutota on fat shaming, inclusivity and discrimination. “If you do not see the value or understand the needs of a particular group of people, whether it’s plus sized people, non-binary people, gay and lesbian, people with disabilities, when you have to sit down to shape public…
Thorny reality of sexual abuse WINAD on the public hearing by the Special Select Committee on the Sexual Offenders (Amendment), Bill 2019. Article: Thorny reality of sexual abuse Source: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday Published: March 17, 2019
Lack of transparency in decision to close Petrotrin WINAD’s Folade Mutota on the government’s decisions to close Petrotrin and lack of governance mechanisms in the decision making process. Article: Lack of transparency in decision to close Petrotrin Source: The Guardian, Trinidad and Tobago Published: Septermber 28, 2018
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Cockroaches, gun talk, and mamaguy Folade Mutota comments on the appointment of Gary Griffith, and the process for selecting the Commissioner of Police. Article: Cockroaches, gun talk, and mamaguy Source: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday Published: July 26, 2018
TV6: Folade Mutota shares her perspective on gender-based violence and trauma Folade Mutota, Executive Director of WINAD shared her perspectives on issues relating to gender-based, violence and trauma. Article: TV6 Morning Edition, Dec 2017 Source: TV6 News Published: Dec 18, 2017
WINAD Joins 19 Civil Society Groups Speaking on Child Marriage WINAD, along with a group of civil society organisations, joins the chorus of advocates lobbying for the abolition of child marriage. Article: 19 CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS SPEAK WITH ONE VOICE ON CHILD MARRIAGE Source: TV6 News Published: June 9, 2016