Gender advocates, while lauding Fayval Williams, minister of finance and the public service, for turning the spotlight on sexual harassment and abuse, are at the same time calling for those sentiments to be backed up by action. Williams, the first woman to hold what is one of the most powerful positions in Jamaica’s Cabinet, used her opening statements of the 2026-2027 Budget Debate to put the spotlight on some of the horrors and discrimination that women face. Read more