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Women in the British Virgin Islands are women who were born in, who live in, and are from the
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Women in the British Virgin Islands are women who were born in, who live in, and are from the British Virgin Islands
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, a British overseas territory
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located in the Caribbean
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. According to ''Countries and Their Culture'', women of the British Virgin Islands are characteristically with "strong independent and entrepreneurial spirit".British Virgin Islandseveryculture.com
Responsibilities
Traditionally, women share household responsibilities with their male counterparts. In general, BVI women take care of chores such as "gardening, cooking, sewing, and keeping household accounts". In modern-day British Virgin Islands, women occupy major positions in the fields ofeducation
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and civil service. Some women from other regions of the Caribbean who live in the British Virgin Islands may be working as "service workers" and can be found occupying jobs such as "clerks, secretaries, housekeepers, and waitresses". Women participate in church activities. As part of their contribution to the community, women contribute their skills and knowledge in the fields of education and in community festivals. Women can vote when they reach 18 years old.
Women's welfare
An office known as the Woman's Desk, a part of the Office of the Chief Minister, was established during the early part of the 1990s in order to provide "educational and intervention programs" that handle issues related to "women's health and domestic violence".See also
*List of British Virgin Islanders
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This is a list of notable people from the British Virgin Islands
Politicians
*John Charles Brudenell-Bruce, MBE, OStJ
*Alvin Christopher
*Ivan Dawson
*Isaac Glanville Fonseca
*Andrew Fahie
*Julian Fraser
*Omar H ...
*List of British Virgin Islands-related topics
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People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby union ...
*Culture of the Virgin Islands
Virgin Islander culture reflects the various peoples that have inhabited the present-day British Virgin Islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands throughout history. Although the territories are politically separate, they maintain close cultural ties. ...
*Human rights in the British Virgin Islands
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*Women's suffrage in the United Kingdom
A movement to fight for women's right to vote in the United Kingdom finally succeeded through acts of Parliament in 1918 and 1928. It became a national movement in the Victorian era. Women were not explicitly banned from voting in Great Britai ...
* Women in the Caribbean
* Women in the Americas
*Women in the United States Virgin Islands
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