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Following Tropical Storm Erika:
‘Caribbean Hotels Unite For Dominica’ Raises $51,000 For Relief
MIAMI/ORANJESTAD - The ages on CharityBuzz.com, distributed in Dominica un- Caribbean, and can rely of the region - and CHTA
Caribbean Hotel and Tour- an online charity auction der guidelines created by on each other in times of functions as the common
ism Association (CHTA) platform with a global a joint CHTA/DHTA com- need,” said Troubetzkoy. denominator for this indus-
and the Dominica Hotel reach of 125,000+ regis- mittee. The Caribbean Hotel & try in a region of diverse
and Tourism Association tered bidders in 109 coun- “It was both humbling and Tourism Association (CHTA) nationalities, languages
(DHTA) spearheaded “Ca- tries. heart-warming to see how is a federation of 32 Na- and styles, identifying mu-
ribbean Hotels Unite for The just-completed auc- quickly and enthusiastical- tional Hotel Associations, tual problems and mar-
Dominica,” a joint fund- tion raised more than ly Caribbean hoteliers re- with more than 600 mem- shaling the resources of the
raising initiative and online $51,000 which was deposit- sponded to this assistance ber hotels and over 300 al- active and allied members
auction raising US$51,000 in ed into a designated DHTA campaign further reiterat- lied members. CHTA is the to devise solutions. CHTA
an effort to bring financial account. The funds will be ing we are, in-fact, One largest representative of represents all facets of the
aid to the people of Domi- the private sector in the hospitality industry with
nica affected by the Tropi- Caribbean hotel and tour- more than 600 member
cal Storm Erika. The August ism industry. We are the hotels and over 300 allied
2015 storm unleashed 12 voice of the Caribbean members.
inches of rain on the island hospitality industry for the For more information, visit
causing extensive flooding, development of the region http://www.caribbeanho-
loss of life and more than in the highly competitive telandtourism.com. Follow
US$200 million in damage. and sophisticated environ- CHTA on Facebook Face-
“Caribbean Hotels Unite ment of international tour- book.com/CaribbeanHo-
for Dominica,” conceived ism. Today, tourism is wide- telandTourismAssociation
by CHTA Acting President ly recognized as a pivotal and Twitter Twitter.com/
and President-Elect Karolin industry in the economy CHTAFeeds.q
Troubetzkoy, featured 57
Caribbean vacation pack- ECLAC Warns About Femicides
in Latin America and Caribbean
ORANJESTAD - At least power relations between
1,678 women were killed men and women, ECLAC
for gender reasons in 2014 states.
in 14 Latin American and Currently 20 Latin Ameri-
three Caribbean coun- can and Caribbean coun-
tries, according to of- tries have laws on violence
ficial data compiled by against women, although
ECLAC’s Gender Equal- only eight of them allo-
ity Observatory for Latin cate specific resources
America and the Carib- in their national budgets,
bean. which is to say, 40%.
“We cannot allow Latin In addition, 14 of the re-
American and Caribbe- gion’s countries have pe-
an women to keep dying nalized the crime of femi-
due to the mere fact that cide (Bolivia, Brazil, Chile,
they are women,” the Ex- Colombia, Costa Rica, the
ecutive Secretary of the Dominican Republic, Ec-
Economic Commission for uador, El Salvador, Guate-
Latin America and the Ca- mala, Honduras, Mexico,
ribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Nicaragua, Panama and
Bárcena, said on last week Peru), while Argentina
before the commemora- and Venezuela have in-
tion of the International troduced the concept of
Day for the Elimination of aggravated murder for
Violence against Women. gender reasons into their
Bárcena called on the legislation. ECLAC also
region’s countries to im- draws attention to the
prove their administrative abuse perpetrated in the
records to find out the real streets and in city transpor-
number of femicides and tation systems, which con-
to foster adequately fund- stitutes “one of the most
ed programs for preven- minimized and naturalized
tion and victim reparation. forms of violence against
Femicide or feminicide is women.” Peru was the first
the most dramatic expres- country to promulgate,
sion of violence against in March 2015, a law to
women, which must be prevent and sanction sex-
faced comprehensively ual harassment in public
by States, taking into ac- spaces, while Argentina,
count the factors of eco- Chile and Paraguay are in
nomic, social and cul- the process of implement-
tural inequality that play ing legislation on street
out in society and in the harassment.q
