Women Achieving Under the UPP

Your UPP Government is committed to “Putting People First”, especially mothers,
the nurturers and protectors of the country’s future - our children. Since 2004, the UPP has been putting programmes in place to help our mothers, and all Antiguan & Barbudan women, progress on the Right Track and in the Right Direction.

Nobody has done better, nobody has done more to ease the burden of our nation’s mothers:

• Police protection of women and children a top priority. Units dedicated to training for gender based crimes. Police task force on sexual violence set up.
• Single mothers trained and empowered to run small and micro enterprises.
• (STEP) Skills Training and Empowerment Programme to help unemployed single mothers find jobs.
• No tax on baby food and baby supplies.
• Free school meals and school uniform grants helping mothers meet their child’s educational and nutritional needs
• Property transfer tax to spouse down from 10% to 2%
• Baby and child care facilities will be refurbished by the UPP
• Widows of pensioners to receive 2/3 pension for the first time
• Early child care education centres to be set up