Women critical in disaster planning and recovery
(CNS): Caymanian women and girls are often the “pillars of resilience” in the wake of disasters, the deputy governor said in a message marking International Day for Disaster Reduction, celebrated worldwide on Saturday. Franz Manderson said it was women who were the first to prepare their families for a disaster and, as was witnessed in both Hurricane Ivan and Hurricane Paloma, they were the first to put their communities back together in the aftermath. With “Women and Girls – the [in]Visible Force of Resilience" as this year’s theme, Manderson said that women have and continue to have a critical role in the nation’s development.
“The women and girls in the Cayman Islands are powerful agents of change,” the deputy governor said in his message. “They have unique knowledge and skills which are crucial when addressing and managing disaster risks and they are invaluable partners in preparing for and preventing disasters. Our women are activists, law makers, social workers, role models, community leaders, doctors, teachers, nurses, mothers, daughters and also comforters in those stressful times.”
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So there it is, JuJu's leadership has been critical in leading us into the disaster that this UDP government has been for Cayman.
Now all we have to do is take over the LA, and manage this country like a business, and in
the absolute best interest of our people, for our people.
Our women knows the true value of protection, protection of family, protection of future
generations, protection of what is most precious and dear – our country.
Move over man!!
Are the women the pillar of rebuilding and the aftermath, due to the fact that the men are of far superior importance and were shipped off the Island before these pending disaters hit – and p.s this is a women post?
Hog wash, where do these people get this information from. Show us, I saw alot of women at the airport standing in a 1/2 mile long line trying to get off the island, I think it was the heavy equeptment owners that did mojority of theaftermath. NB: THIS IS NO DISRESPECT TO ALL THE WONDERFUL WOMEN OF THESE ISLANDS.
Franz, please stop pandering to the politically correct crowd of Godless fools. That is distinctly un-Caymanian.
I see a photo above of Miss Meredith. Yes, women and girls are vital to recovery of any disaster. Miss Meredith's house was utterly destroyed by Paloma. She rallied, and many assisted, and she is [nearly] whole again. That's what people do — they help.
I think some are taking this article to mean that Mr. Manderson excludes men in his assessment of responders. I take this article to mean that Mr. Manderson is paying higher respect to women in their [supposed] oftentimes role of being the rock(s) of the community. Okay, I accept that. Don't think it was worth a special proclaimation, but okay.
Miss Meredith might say, "paaah! Dem dat work, get the bread."
Most countries, but by no means all,where women are in charge (Germany, the reborn Iceland, Liberia, Lithuania, Denmark to name but a few) do remarkably better than those run by men. There are a few that are don't, Argentina comes to mind currently.
Whilst I am a man, amongst men in general there are too many ego's, too much machismo and trying to outdo each other, for there to be too much interest in actually doing what is best for the country. Without trying to sound sexist, I think it is because woman naturally want to be secure, to be safe and therefore protect the "home" whether that be the "home budget", the "home security', the welfare of the children…
Caymanians take note…maybe time for something different, and from outside current political circles??
Women should never be out in charge of running anything. They are ill-suited to it.
You forgot to add Cayman where women are in charge
The speaker of the house is completly subservient whilst meant to be in charge and as for Ju Ju. I dont even want to start.
Maybe, it depends on the women and whether they are submissive instead of independent. European countries rate very high on the happiness scale and yes, they have more women in charge. I'm thinking of countries like Sweden.
Cayman's problem is that the women allow the men to treat them like they have to stay behind the man. Until the mind set change, women won't be able to move forward. It doesn't help that we have more men than women and the majority of women here from other countries have the same mind set.
In terms of empirical evidence countries with more women in the government perform less well in a significant number of happiness and economic indicators. I would rather that was not the case, but it is.
Tell me more about the woman in charge of Lithuania. Because there isn't one.
The president of Lithuania is Dalia Grybauskaite, a real force to be reckoned with, who sees with laser like precision just what the hell is going on and chops those people down to size in a few words. Corruption is on the decline there as a result, and the budget is acutally balanced after she refused to sign irresponsible budgets. And she is the darling of the EU. We could do with her here. Rent-a-prime minister??
Yes, but the President is a largely ceremonial position. The power is in the Prime Minister who is, and always has been male as far as I am aware. So singing the praises of Lithuania is singing the praises of male political leadership.
Until she came to power, there was not one presidentprepared to stand up and say how things really were. So she rules on morality, and was not afraid to point out where something was not right, or "smelt" . It stopped and is still stopping a lot of the corrupt politicians and town halls in their tracks. More balls than Manchester United that lady. On top of that the finance minister was her understudy, Ms Simonyte, another hard and capable nut, and the defence minister also a lady, as well as speaker of the house, another strong moral authority. The four of them ran very competent rings around 120 male politicians..you still think that is a win for men??
On top of that, in Lithuania the President runs the courts and the armed forces, as well as foreign policy. Combine that with the moral authority and she is one hell of a lady. Still got 80% public support after 3 years of a 4 year term. No one else has managed that there.
How did those female party leaders do in this week's election? Surely if the experiment was so succesful and obvious we would have expected a raft of them to have appeared. But they did not. In fact the President's "know best" intermeddling is a significant factor in the widespread political dissatisfaction which led to the move to more extremists politics. I am sure you have read a nice piece of Western feminist journalism which extols the benefits of women in politics and uses her as an example. But it does not reflect the reality in "downtown" Vilnius.
Hi Sekmes
Full results, as you know, will not be known for another 2 weeks, and I read it all in Lietuvos rytas or Delfi, Lithuanian versions. You will also see that there is a lot of dissatisfaction and extremism everywhere due to austerity programmes, much more than in Lithuania which has had it quite calm..and that has nothing to do with womens leadership, it is a global problem. Not everyone supports Ms Grybauskaite, but 80% is still a very good support level that very few, east or west have acheived.
DEAR CNS I note from the posters name that he is probably Lithuanian, if CNS have no objection, could you forward my email address to this poster? My wife has been looking for her countrymen since she has been here…without success!!
CNS: Sorry, Anonymous. Neither you nor Sekmes left email addresses, so I am unable to do this.
We would have an EU exchange and send our Premier/Minister of Finance to Greece to solve their financial crisis.
A you two (9:47 & 9:09)
You both must be those weak men that can’t accept the power of a woman? She intimidating eh? They your match. Go Girls, Go Women…. As my good friend Papie Conolly once said in a song he wrote, “Your My Caymanian Girl, Your my Caymanian Girls…… So get it at Funky Tangs and take a hard listen you 2 weak links!!!
I suspect the posters probably prefer women with a sense of humor, which you obviously seem to lack. Personally I prefer my women intelligent, and knowing the difference between "you're" and "your" is a good indication of the qualities I admire.
When referring to woman and disasters….I presume the Deputy Premier is not refering to driving, talking on mobiles whilst driving, and parking a car?
No I think t more refering to driving in general, nothing spscific like putting on makeup whilst drivng or talking on the phone
more waffle from franz………………….
Women are critical of what?
Everything in my experience. Beer never criticises. Neither does a dog. That is why I spend my money on beer and sit drink it with my dog.
Pure hogwash! This can only be based on opinion, yet it is reported as factual eg "as was witnessed"
What a closed minded thing to say. If anything I think this article recognizes important women that have done great things in the past, and it encourages young women to become a strong force in their community.
on the contrary, it is an open minded opinion unlike that of deputy governor. While I would be inclined to believe that many women may take the lead, the DG is basing his opinion on an 'as witnessed' statement that simply can only amount to empirical evidence, it is worthless.