Join us for the digital launch of the One UN Caribbean website on Wednesday 12th October, 2016 at 1-2pm AST

About the Website

The One UN Caribbean website will serve as a hub for communication on development issues and initiatives in the English and Dutch speaking Caribbean relating to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and the soon to be implemented United Nations Multi-Country Sustainable Development Framework

To learn more about this launch, click the link: http://caribbeanfutureforum.com/launch-of-the-un-caribbean-website/

Meet the Speakers:

Khadija Sinanan

Khadija is an Attorney-at-Law. Born and raised in the village of Balandra in Trinidad, Khadija pursued her legal education at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine (Trinidad and Tobago) & Cave Hill (Barbados) campuses and later at the Hugh Wooding Law School. Khadija was the recipient of a National Scholarship (Languages) in 2008.

While studying at Cave Hill, Khadija was exposed to gender studies and feminist legal theory, through the Gender and the Law course…

It’s only been a few days since I arrived in Palestine so not much has happened. Well, relatively speaking not much. I was traveling to Nabi Saleh to see my friend Bassem Tamimi. Since I didn’t have a car I had to travel by bus through Qalandia checkpoint to Ramallah then by service cab to the village and back – and on the way back, the girl soldier put down her phone long enough to examine my ID, realize I was Israeli and detain me. Then the next day, I went to the epic “Combat BDS” conference also known as, or rather should be known as “Crazy & Loony Bros. How Do We Kill BDS Circus” in Jerusalem. It was an unforgettable experience. And now, as I sit and write this, a soldier is being tried for murder because he shot a Palestinian who was already dead. So its not…

Every one says he was a good soldier, a soldier that followed orders and was even commended by his superiors. But the most interesting information about the soldier and about the moments that led to him executing the wounded and helpless Abdel Fatah Al-Sharif as he lay on the ground in Hebron, is coming from very unusual sources. One source is a video that was created in defense of the soldier and was posted on a facebook page that is dedicated to supporting the soldier and the other is Palestinian human rights defender and leader of Youth Against Settlements in Hebron, Issa Amro.

Driving to Hebron one has to drive by Jewish settlements that are home to the some of the most violent, radical Jews anywhere. Then one drives through the now made famous Gush-Etzion intersection where many of these settlements intersect with Palestinian towns. There are always fully armed…

Climate change innovators in Jamaica and the wider region can access funding to develop their project through the World Bank’s Entrepreneurship Programme for Innovation in the Caribbean (EPIC).

Miko discusses the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement with Pulitzer prize winning journalist Chris Hedges. They discuss the global campaign to economically and politically pressure Israel to end its occupation of Palestinian land, grant equality to Arab-Palestinian citizens and allow Palestinian refuges the right of return to their homes.

To learn more about the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement (BDS) visit: https://bdsmovement.net/

The Caribbean Future Forum invites you to participate online in a webinar  “Sustainable Maritime Development” with Ms. Dwynette Eversley, Managing Director, Empowerment Dynamics Ltd, Mr. Colin Young, Regional Maritime Adviser, Caribbean and Ms. Vivian Rambarath-Parasram, Assistant Professor, University of Trinidad and Tobago Maritime Campus.

Much of the Caribbean region is characterized by islands or archipelagos making it highly dependent on the maritime sector for the transport of people and goods, fisheries and also tourism. This webinar will highlight the challenges faced by the Caribbean maritime sector and ways in which these challenges can be overcome in an effort to achieve the following Sustainable Development Goals:

• Goal 5 – Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
• Goal 13 – Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
• Goal 14 – Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.

The webinar will explore short…

To 16-year old Aiman Fatima, self-motivation came at a young age.

She remembers when she was about 11, and came in fifth in her final exams at school. Her scores were above average, but Aiman was crushed. She vowed that day to top her class next year, and began studying harder. Fast forward a few years, and Aiman is one of the highest achieving students at her school in Saudabad, a densely populated town in Karachi’s Malir district. She has secured first position in every grade for the last three years, and scored an A+ grade in her ninth class board exams last year.

And recently, Aiman won a coveted scholarship to study for an International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma in Norway, at the United World College – a prestigious global network of 15 schools and colleges across the world. She plans to specialize in physics and eventually become an astronaut.

Aiman Fatima with…

• Challenge 1: Water sector infrastructure exposed to damage and disruption from water-related hazards;
• Challenge 2: Increasing demand, inefficient water use and leakage exacerbating the vulnerability of existing water supply   systems and sources;
• Challenge 3: Effectiveness of community and urban water supply systems exposed to increasing climate variability;
• Challenge 4: Agricultural production vulnerable to seasonal rainfall and drought;
• Challenge 5: Effective management of water resource quantity and quality threatened by a changing climate; and
• Challenge…