Women in Politics in the Caribbean |
Throughout the Caribbean women are actively involved in politics from the organisation level to serving in parliament, with several presiding officers being women. In recent years there have been 11 Heads of Government - Dominica was first in 1980, Haiti and Bermuda have each seen it done three times, Jamaica has had it twice with the same woman and both Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago have had women run the country.
Female heads of state/government in the region have included:
- Dame Mary Eugenia Charles, Prime Minister, Dominica (1980 - 1995)
- Claudette Werleigh, Prime Minister, Haiti (1995 - 1996)
- Janet Jagan, President, Guyana (1997 - 1999)
- Portia Simpson-Miller, Prime Minister, Jamaica (2006 - 2007; 2012 - 2016)
- Michèle Pierre-Louis, Prime Minister, Haiti (2008 - 2009)
- Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Prime Minister, Trinidad and Tobago (2010 - 2015)
- Pamela Gordon, Premier, Bermuda (1997 - 1998)
- Jennifer Smith, Premier of Bermuda (1998 - 2003)
- Paula Cox, Premier of Bermuda (2010 - 2012)
- Ertha Pascal-Trouillot, President of Haiti (1990 - 1991)
- Dame Louise Lake-Tack, Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda (2007 - 2014)
- Dame C. Pearlette Louisy,
Governor-General of
Saint Lucia (1997 - 2017)
Current Women Heads of State
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Current Women Heads of Government
Current Women Leaders of the Opposition
Women in Caribbean Politics Series
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| IPU: PARLINE database on national parliaments |
| http://www.guide2womenleaders.com/Current-Women-Leaders.htm |
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