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Families and inclusive societies

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Post date May 13, 2018

by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ and Director, CREDI

On Tuesday, May 15, the world will observe the International Day of Families on the theme: Families and inclusive societies.

The UN states: “Although families all over the world have transformed greatly over the past decades in terms of their structure and as a result of global trends and demographic changes, the UN still recognises the family as the basic unit of society. The International Day of Families provides an opportunity to promote awareness of issues relating to families and to increase knowledge of the social, economic and demographic processes affecting them…This year’s observance will explore the role of families and family policies in advancing Sustainable Development Goal 16 in terms of promoting peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development.”

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Create conditions to develop our people

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Post date July 23, 2017

On July 4, the Daily Express reported that Attorney General, Faris Al-Rawi, expressed concern about the high levels of poverty still existing in Trinidad and Tobago. He said: “San Fernando West, for those of you who don’t know, has some areas of poverty that would shock the living soul out of your body. You cannot imagine how much poverty exists in our country.

“The AG said this poverty is driven mainly by the failure of social services delivery, which has been ‘centralised for far too long. So Self Help (Commission) or the Ministry of Social Development or food cards…we don’t actually hit the targets in as timely a way as they ought to, with a degree of equity as they ought to, because the centralised officer sitting in Abercromby Street or St Vincent Street in Port of Spain does not know where Theresa Street in Marabella is, or some other place in Trinidad is.’ He said local government reform and the devolution of functions through the local government entities would solve this equity gap.”

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Human Development Reports

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Post date February 13, 2012

Report Cover The Regional Human Development Report for Latin America and the Caribbean 2010 champions a new approach to understanding and tackling the prevailing inequality in terms of human development plaguing Latin American and Caribbean countries. The report is divided into six chapters, which explore the factors underpinning the persistence of inequality.
Year: 2010
Type: Regional Reports
Region: Latin America and the Caribbean

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The 2011 Human Development Report argues that the urgent global challenges of sustainability and equity must be addressed together – and identifies policies on the national and global level that could spur mutually reinforcing progress towards these interlinked goals.
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Sustainability and Equity: A Better Future for All

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The Caribbean Human Development Report reviews the current state of crime as well as national and regional policies and programmes to address the problem in seven English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago. The new study recommends that Caribbean governments implement youth crime prevention through education, as well as provide employment opportunities that target the marginalized urban poor. A shift in focus is needed it says, from a state protection approach to one that focuses on citizen security and participation, promoting law enforcement that is fair, accountable, and more respectful of human rights.
Year: 2012
Type: Regional Reports
Region: Latin America and the Caribbean

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Human development in T&T

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Post date December 2, 2010

by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ

Recently I attended the launch of the UNDP’s 20^th Human Development Report (2010). The report, entitled: “The Real Wealth of Nations: Pathways to Human Development”, opens with the words uttered by Nobel Laureate, Amartya Sen, in the first report published in 1990: “People are the real wealth of a nation.”

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