The Women’s Conversations: How we Manage and Survive GBV, undertaken between August and December 2023 provided for the Women’s Institute for Alternative Development (WINAD) an invaluable opportunity to understand the diversity of experiences of women within and across the Regional Corporations of Tunapuna / Piarco and Mayaro / Rio Claro, as well as the women…
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Women’s Conversations: Empowering Women and Girls to Prevent and Address the Impact of Small Arms in Communities across Trinidad and Tobago This report presents the findings of the Women’s Conversations component of the UNICEF funded,Women’s Institute for Alternative Development (WINAD) implemented project entitled, Empowering Women and Girls to Prevent and Address the Impact of Small…
A Human Security Concern: The Traffick, Use and Misuse of Small Arms and Light Weapons in the Caribbean This paper looks at the place of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) as a threat to Human Security with specific reference to the Caribbean context. The concept of Human Security for the purpose of this paper…
Collaborative Planning Report: Building a Sustainable Governance Model In Trinidad and Tobago there has been a consistent chorus for review and reform of the democratic mechanisms which govern the country for some time leading to several iterations of citizen action and government led constitution reform. Citizen action has ranged from sectoral initiatives to cross-sectoral collaboration…
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Gender Perspectives on Local Government Reform: Securing Women’s Rights Submission to the Ministry of Rural Development and Local Government Local Government Reform Consultations “WINAD welcomes the focus on reforming local government to make Trinidad and Tobago’s governance system more responsive to citizens’ needs. We have taken note of Government’s intention to “remove all of the…
Report: The Role of Women in Communities – The Case of East Port of Spain In collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), WINAD undertook a pilot study on the women’s leadership roles in East Port of Spain. Against the backdrop of increased violence in Trinidad and Tobago, this study was commissioned to examine…
Conversations: Helping parents talk to their HIV positive children about sexual and reproductive health and HIV status The purpose of this guide is to assist adults (parents, guardians, clinicians and teachers) to initiate difficult conversations with HIV positive children and young people at different stages of their lives.