Barbados has become the first country within CARICOM to develop a draft Gender Equality Protocol for Magistrates and Judges.

The project was undertaken by the Judicial Reform and Institutional Strengthening (JURIST) project, in collaboration with UN Women multi-country office and the Caribbean Association of Judicial Officers (CAJO), with funding from the government of Canada.

Regional Coordinator of the JURIST project, John Furlonge, told the handover ceremony on Wednesday that the document will support the judiciary in using gender analysis to ensure that both women and men have equal access to justice.

He said that the event not only marked a milestone for the island, but also represented trigger for a series of equally important activities in that area.

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