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Gema Wellesley Julumsingh, a Dougla, was born in 1910 [1] in Curepe, when Trinidad was part of the British West Indies to Florence (née Arindell) and Julumsingh, an educated man of Indian heritage. Her mother, of White Scottish and Afro-Caribbean heritage died when she was around two years old and her father sent Gema and her younger sister to ...
Contraception is legal in Trinidad and Tobago, and varying contraception methods for both men and women are widely available throughout the country either through the government-run clinics under the Ministry of Health, [30] organisations such as the Family Planning Association of Trinidad and Tobago [31] and private medical practitioners.
The adolescent fertility rate in Trinidad and Tobago, as of 2013, is 35.5 births per 1000 women aged 15–19 years. [2] In 2007, a representative sample of all 13- to 15-year-old students in Trinidad and Tobago was surveyed about sexual health: 26.0% of students had sexual intercourse during their life and 13.2% of students had sexual ...
They sought reform of laws to address illegitimacy and alimony, and pressed to change laws which barred women from participating in governmental boards and councils, or serving as jurors. [5] The Coterie would be the leading women's rights organization for middle-class women in Trinidad and Tobago from the 1920s to the 1940s. [9]
Leonora Pujadas-McShine (1910 – 2 April 1995) was a Trinidadian women's rights activist and community worker. When Trinidad and Tobago granted universal suffrage, she established the first League of Women Voters in the country to educate women on their civic roles. She also was an advocate of equal pay and labour practices.
Pages in category "Women's rights in Trinidad and Tobago" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
Brown and 13 others founded the Network of NGOs for the Advancement of Women in 1985, an umbrella organisation for non-governmental organisations that focus on women's issues. [5] It was formed to present the position of women in Trinidad and Tobago at the 1985 World Conference on Women in Nairobi. [3]
Trinidad and Tobago women (6 C, 6 P) G. Girls' schools in Trinidad and Tobago (4 P) H. History of women in Trinidad and Tobago (5 C) O. Women's organisations based in ...