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The Trinidad and Tobago Succession Act was passed by Parliament in 1981 and Legislation on Property Rights was also passed, revising provisions on real property and women's property rights. As such, the Government of Trinidad and Tobago affirms women's rights to property ownership.
The passing of the Unremunerated Work Act, 1995 which allows for the counting of unwaged work in national statistics. This made Trinidad and Tobago one of the first countries in the world to pass such legislation and the Trinidad and Tobago language being used as the model for the Beijing Declaration on Women .
Gema Ramkeesoon MBE HBM (née Julumsingh; 1910-1 March 1999) was a Trinidadian and Tobagonian social worker and women's rights activist who was one of the early pioneers of the women's movement in Trinidad and Tobago.
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]
A. The Obama administration should revise the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) enacted in 1974, so that the provisions extend coverage to domestic workers - a group that has long been excluded from basic minimum wage and overtime protections. B. The U.S. government should ratify The Convention Concerning Decent Work for
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In 2014, Reporters Without Borders, in its Press Freedom Index, placed Trinidad and Tobago at the 43rd place, with a score of 23.28, [7] corresponding to a "satisfactory situation". [8] In the same year, Freedom House classified Trinidad and Tobago as "free" in terms of press freedom, which is the highest level available. There were cases ...
Ameen was born in Curepe but she grew up in Carapo. [1] She attended St George's College and Arima Senior Comprehensive School. [1] When she was seventeen, she became assistant secretary of the Evergreen Village Council, helping students with their homework, and organised a sports and youth group, the Evergreen Youth and Sports Group, from her house.