August 3, 2021

Ministry of Health observes World Breastfeeding Week with activities all month long

In a press release, the Ministry said this year’s theme “Protect Breastfeeding: A Shared Responsibility” is a call on all to protect a mother and baby’s [...]
July 29, 2021

National Women’s Commission holds validation session to review Belize’s gender-based violence response

The Board of Commissioners reviewed the outcomes and outputs “recommended in this first phase of the validation and consultation process of the draft Revised Gender Policy [...]
July 6, 2021

Heroic police officer helps woman in labor deliver her baby

Around 4:00 a.m. Lopez was at her home in Camalote Village when she heard a frantic knock at her door and learned that her pregnant neighbor's [...]
April 1, 2021
Shanea Young

Honoring Southside’s Shanea Young – Belize’s first and only woman agro-meteorologist

Young grew up on the Southside of Belize City, attended St. Catherine’s Academy and later joined the NMS in 2009, as a Meteorological Officer IV after [...]
March 19, 2021

Women in Agriculture – Teresita Balan blazes an agronomic path in the Ministry of Agriculture

Teresita Balan is currently serving as an Agronomist at the Research and Innovation Center in Central Farm. In her capacity as agronomist, Terry manages the national [...]
February 24, 2020

15th annual Women’s Awards coming up, do you have any nominations?

Nominees can be a woman or an organization that is geared towards uplifting women and must respect women's human rights.
December 8, 2019

South Africa’s Zozibini Tunzi is crowned new Miss Universe

South Africa, Mexico and Puerto Rico were the three finalist, but Tunzi clearly bested her competitors in answering the final question put to them by host [...]
July 29, 2019

Husband must keep the peace after pulling knife on wife

Ronny Roberto Toro Duarte, a construction worker/welder of Belama area, Belize City, was granted bail with conditions including having to leave their family home as soon [...]