People will know CARICOM is working when they see, taste and feel - Bahamas Prime Minister

Twelfth  CARICOM Triennial Woman Awardee calls for support to reduce the scourge

of violence against women and girls

Ms. Shirley Pryce received the Twelfth CARICOM Triennial Award for Women during the Official Opening of the 38^th Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community on 4 July 2017, in St. George’s Grenada.

TWELFTH CARICOM TRIENNIAL AWARD FOR WOMEN

SHIRLEY LEE PRYCE ACCEPTANCE SPEECH

OPENING CEREMONY OF THE

THIRTY-EIGHTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF

HEADS OF GOVERNMENT

GRENADA, 4 JULY 2017

Governor General, Her Excellency Cecile La Grenade;

“The Community, challenged by the constantly changing international situation, must redouble its efforts to ensure a more safe society for its citizens, more stable economies for its countries, deeper solidarity and a more secure hemisphere.”

Today, we continue to place the spotlight on Grenada ahead of the Thirty-Eighth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM. We flash back through Grenada’s milestones as a champion of closer integration among the territories of the Region. The Regular Meeting of CARICOM