This report contains sections on the socio-political participation of women and provides statistical information on the evolution of applying gender equality policies.

This document analyzes the changes in Latin America and the relationship between democratic governance and the reform of gender inequality practices. It provides two sections that evaluate the concept of governance, and the reflection on the relationship between gender and institutions. It also emphasizes the work of the women’s movement to achieve the democratization of societies and the regulation of institutional frameworks based on gender parity.

This brochure provides information on Put a Women, a project designed to prepare women and young persons to participate in the local and general elections (2007) in Trinidad and Tobago.

This chart shows the number of women in the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago (1962 - present). View chart at Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago website

Unlike the other MDGs that are to be achieved by 2015, the third MDG on gender equality and women’s empowerment was to be achieved by the year 2005 but it was not. In that sense, it is a missed goal. Winnie Byanima’s speech to a Distinguished Lecture Series sponsored by Trinidad and Tobago’s Ministry of Community Development, Culture and Gender Affairs and the United Nations Development Programme focuses on women’s political representation, one of the three indicators used to track progress toward the goal.