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Boards more effective with greater women’s participation – WROC

Over recent weeks the issue of the integrity of public boards has again taken centre stage with at least two entities now under the spotlight. Where there is perceived impropriety and corruption regarding the use of public funds, policymakers, stakeholders and the ordinary Jamaican oftentimes look to the Board to question how such acts could have been allowed to occur.

What do boards do?

According to The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development “the Board is chiefly responsible for monitoring managerial performance and achieving an adequate return for shareholders, while preventing conflicts of interest and balancing competing demands on the corporation.”

Finding Fulfillment in Farming

For the past four years Amri Campbell has been waking up at 3am most days to prepare her breakfast and lunch before heading out to catch the 5:30am bus that takes her to her small farm in Trinityville.

Homemakers have transferrable skills

Women more than men still bear most of the responsibility for raising children and looking after the home in spite of the significant contribution they make in the workplace as well. However the demanding task of taking care of family may also develop qualities and skills that can be transferred to the corporate world.

Women from the West readying to take the lead

At least two dozen women from the west are feeling more empowered and equipped to take up leadership positions in their various professions and communities following participation in the Strengthening Women’s Leadership Training programme at Sunset Beach Resort in Montego Bay recently.