· July, 2011

Stories about St. Vincent & the Grenadines from July, 2011

St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Sex Education

  14 July 2011

The public reaction to Abeni‘s T-shirt, emblazoned with the words “Sex nice, but de AIDS ting…”, leads her to conclude “that HIV education has to overcome so many prejudices. The reluctance to talk about sex in a holistic way forces the young and not so young to accept myths as...

St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Educational Double Standards

  4 July 2011

As the Ministry of Education seeks to have certain rules bent for the Prime Minister's daughter, Abeni says: “Rules ought not to be shifted to accommodate persons depending on class/status. It sends a terrible message… We often complain about the breakdown in society but then we facilitate and excuse our...