The Hummingbird Vol. 10 No. 3

The Hummingbird Vol. 10 No. 2

Where are we now: Building a digital Caribbean for all.

This infographic introduces the findings from Study 112, focusing on the digital transformation journey across Caribbean nations. It highlights the varying stages of digital inclusion within countries like Anguilla, Aruba, Barbados, Belize, Jamaica, and others. The central aim is to ensure equal access to digital tools and technologies, addressing digital inequalities that mirror social inequalities, particularly in gender, migration, disability, and rural populations. Key challenges for policymakers include broadband access, digital skills training, and cybersecurity. The infographic presents…

Selected online learning experiences in the Caribbean during COVID-19. Policy Brief

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused widespread closure of schools and disruption of education systems worldwide, requiring unprecedented adaptation to ensure learning continuity for students. In place of classroom learning, Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have been adopted to support online distance learning – with mixed results. While Caribbean governments have piloted a range of online learning modalities, many children in the subregion, especially those from poor and rural households, were not able to leverage those facilities. As a result of a lack of access to the Internet …

The Hummingbird Vol. 7 No. 10

Report of the twenty-eighth session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee

Policy Brief: Planning for resilience: an integrated approach to tackle climate change in the Caribbean

The Caribbean subregion is exceptionally vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and extreme weather events. Vulnerability is a key multidimensional concept at the heart of resilience building, relating to each country’s multiple spatial and socioeconomic risks and conditions. In fact, due to its geographical location and concentration of population and activities in low-lying coastal areas, the Caribbean is the second most hazard-prone region in the world...Moreover, impacts of extreme weather events on Caribbean small economies are of national proportions. For example, in the hurricane s…

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The Hummingbird Vol.6 No.11

Policy Brief: Moving towards equal access to technology for persons with disabilities in the Caribbean

In the Caribbean, there are approximately 1.3 million persons with a disability of some kind and some 250,000 persons with a significant disability. These numbers are projected to increase dramatically in the coming decades as the population of the subregion ages and given the global increase in chronic health conditions. Persons with disabilities (PWDs) face a range of physical, social, attitudinal and institutional barriers that prevent their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others. As a result, they experience less favorable outcomes in health, education, …

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The Hummingbird Vol.4 No.10

Information and communications technology for people with disabilities

Día Mundial del Síndrome de Down

La Declaración Universal de Derechos Humanos reconoce la dignidad intrínseca y los derechos iguales e inalienables de todos los miembros de la familia humana. Sin embargo, la discriminación contra las personas con síndrome de Down y sus familias existe en muchos niveles. Esto perjudica no solo a las personas que se ven directamente afectadas, sino también a toda la sociedad. Las personas con síndrome de Down se enfrentan a menudo con el estigma y la segregación, el maltrato físico y psicológico, y la falta de igualdad de oportunidades. El círculo vicioso de la exclusión puede comenzar a muy te…

ECLAC Hosts Third United Nations Inter-Agency Collaboration Meeting in Trinidad and Tobago