Thrive Together: Cultural Similarities

Presented by WOMANTRA: “𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗶 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘀𝗻𝘁?!?!?

Picong, parang, and pastelles

…And that’s OK!

Latin America and the Caribbean is one region. Now more than ever we need to see how intertwined we are culturally and geographically. It is important to embrace each other as citizens of this region.

𝘐𝘯 𝘝𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘻𝘶𝘦𝘭𝘢, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘭 2020, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 65% 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘈𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘭 2019. 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴, 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘖𝘝𝘐𝘋-19 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘥 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳. 𝘚𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘝𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘻𝘶𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯.

If governments implement official asylum policies then NGO’S can do more to encourage Venezuelan women in to seek help in GBV situations in Trinidad and Tobago. We cannot continue with business as usual.

Let’s all get informed! Let’s all be part of the solution!”