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Women In Suriname
Women in Suriname are women who were born in, live in, or are from Suriname. Surinamese women may be ethnically East Indian, Afro-Surinamese (Creole) and Maroon), Javanese, Amerindian, Mixed, or of other ancestry. Many women of Suriname work in the informal sector and in subsistence agriculture.Suriname everyculture.com Surinamese women have been described as the "emotional and economic center" of the household (see matrifocality), particularly in Creole family groups. However, in traditionally patriarchal East Indian family groups, they have been described to act as subordinates, expected to obey cultural norms, such as not to practice living together with a partner without being married first and that the bride should maintain her virginity u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women In Suriname
Women in Suriname are women who were born in, live in, or are from Suriname. Surinamese women may be ethnically East Indian, Afro-Surinamese (Creole) and Maroon), Javanese, Amerindian, Mixed, or of other ancestry. Many women of Suriname work in the informal sector and in subsistence agriculture.Suriname everyculture.com Surinamese women have been described as the "emotional and economic center" of the household (see matrifocality), particularly in Creole family groups. However, in traditionally patriarchal East Indian family groups, they have been described to act as subordinates, expected to obey cultural norms, such as not to practice living together with a partner without being married first and that the bride should maintain her virginity u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Human Trafficking In Suriname
Suriname ratified the 2000 UN TIP Protocol in May 2007. In 2008 Suriname was principally a destination and transit country for men, women, and children trafficked transnationally for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor. It was also a source country for underage Surinamese girls, and increasingly boys, trafficked internally for sexual exploitation. Some of these children were trafficked into the sex trade surrounding gold mining camps in the country’s interior. Foreign girls and women from Guyana, Brazil, the Dominican Republic, and Colombia were trafficked into Suriname for commercial sexual exploitation; some transit Suriname en route to Europe. Chinese men are subjected to possible debt bondage in Suriname, and are subject to forced labor in supermarkets and the construction sector. Chinese women reportedly were exploited sexually in massage parlors and brothels. Haitian migrants, typically en route to French Guiana, sometimes were forced to work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Surinamese People
Surinamese people or people of Surinamese descent who are famous or notable include: Art Visual arts * Leo Glans (1911–1980) * Soeki Irodikromo (1945–2020) * Stuart Robles de Medina (1930–2006) * Gerrit Schouten (1779–1839) * Erwin de Vries (1929–2018) Film * Borger Breeveld (born 1944) *Kenneth Herdigein (born 1959) * Pim de la Parra (born 1940) *Jörgen Raymann (born 1966) *Katja Schuurman (born 1975) *Jimmy Smits (born 1955) Music *Afrojack (born 1987) * Kenny B (born 1961) * Humphrey Campbell (born 1958) * Ramdew Chaitoe (1942–1994) * Chuckie (born 1978) *Damaru (born 1986) * Sharon Doorson (born 1987) *Anita Doth (born 1971) * Benjamin Faya (born 1988/1989) * Lieve Hugo (1934–1975) *Ruth Jacott (born 1960) *Denise Jannah (born 1956) *Conchita Leeflang *Jeangu Macrooy (born 1993) *CB Milton (born 1968) * Murth The Man-O-Script (born 1970) * Max Nijman (1941–2016) * Papa Touwtjie (1968–2005) *Lodewijk Parisius (1911–1963) *Raffaëla Paton (born 1983 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Assembly (Suriname)
The National Assembly (, commonly abbreviated "DNA") is the Parliament, representing the legislative branch of government in Suriname. It is a unicameral legislature. The assembly has been situated in the former park house at the Independence Square in Paramaribo, after a fire destroyed the old building of representation on 1 August 1996. A reconstruction of the old building was completed in 2022. The 51 members of parliament are elected every five years by open list proportional representation on the basis of the country's component districts. The most recent elections were held on 25 May 2025. The current Chairman of the Assembly, Marinus Bee, was appointed on 14 July 2020. Dew Sharman was appointed as Vice Chairman on 29 June 2020. History The first legislature of Surinam was the Colonial States, which first met in 1866. The name was changed to Estates of Suriname in 1936. When Suriname became an independent republic on 25 November 1975, the legislature was renamed the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathleen Ferrier (politician)
Kathleen Gertrud Ferrier (born 8 March 1957) is a former Dutch politician of Surinamese descent and development aid worker. She served as a member of parliament of Netherlands representing the party Christian Democratic Appeal (Christen-Democratisch Appèl) from 2002 to 2012. Early life and education Ferrier was born in Paramaribo in Suriname when it was a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. She is a daughter of the first President of Suriname Johan Ferrier and a half-sister of Surinamese novelist Cynthia McLeod. Ferrier studied Spanish language and Spanish literature (with a specialization in modern Spanish American literature), Portuguese language and also development aid at Leiden University. She completed her masters' thesis on the Cuban poet Nicolás Guillén. She is a member of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PKN). Career While Ferrier was an MP from 23 May 2002 to 19 September 2012, for the party Christian Democratic Appeal (Christen-Democr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Wijdenbosch
Ruth Jeanette Wijdenbosch (born 18 June 1947) is a Surinamese politician. She served as a member of the National Assembly of Suriname from 1987 until 2015, on behalf of the National Party of Suriname. Biography Wijdenbosch was raised in Zanderij, a village 40 kilometers from Paramaribo. She studied law at the Anton de Kom University of Suriname, but had to interrupt her studies for a long time in 1980 because the university was closed due to the Sergeants' Coup and the December murders. She graduated from the university in 1989. During this period she worked at the Vervuurts Bank (later known as Hakrinbank). In 1987, she entered politics and joined the National Party of Suriname (NPS). She founded the local branch ''De Nieuwe Horizon'' among others, of which she became chairwoman. In the same year, she was asked to join the National Assembly, a request she accepted. In 1997, she was nominated by the cores of the Paramaribo branch of the NPS as vice-chairwoman of the party ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Simons
Jennifer Geerlings-Simons ( Simons; born 5 September 1953) is a Surinamese politician. She served as Chairwoman of the National Assembly of Suriname between 2010 and 2020, becoming the second female chairman of the Surinamese Parliament. In 2024, she became the leader of the National Democratic Party. Biography Simons was first elected as a member of the National Assembly in 1996, representing the district of Paramaribo. She served as one of the vice-chairpersons of the National Democratic Party, which was founded by Dési Bouterse. She was leader of the parliamentary fraction from 2000 until 2006. In April 2012, Simons was accused by the opposition in the parliament of dictatorial behaviour because of her decision to forbid members of the parliament from referring to the amnesty law of April 2012 during a debate on the anti-stalking law. On 8 April 2020, the Law Exceptional Condition COVID-19 (State of Emergency) has been approved by the National Assembly in order to fight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marijke Djwalapersad
Marijke Indradebie Djwalapersad (28 December 1951) is a Surinamese politician who served as Chairperson of the National Assembly of Suriname from 1996 until 2000. She was the first women to serve as chairperson. In 1999, Djwalapersad founded the political party Naya Kadam, but was not re-elected. Biography Djwalapersad was born in the Saramacca Polder on 28 December 1951. She was active as a translator in Hindi, English, Sarnami, Sranan Tongo and Dutch. In 1991, she joined the Progressive Reform Party (VHP), but failed to be elected. Djwalapersad was first elected to the National Assembly in 1996. After the elections, there was a disagreement within the VHP whether they should become part of the government. Five elected members including Djwalapersad split from the VHP, and formed the Basic Party for Renewal and Democracy (BVD) which would enter into a coalition government with the NDP. On 10 October 1996, Djwalapersad was elected Chairperson of the National Assembly of Sur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cynthia McLeod
Cynthia Henri McLeod (Maiden and married names, née Ferrier; born 4 October 1936) is a Surinamese author, novelist known for her historic novels and whose debut novel instantly made her one of the most prominent authors of Suriname. Background McLeod was born in Paramaribo as Cynthia Ferrier; she is the daughter of Johan Ferrier, the first President of Suriname. She is the half-sister of Dutch politician Kathleen Ferrier (politician), Kathleen Ferrier. McLeod completed her secondary school education in Suriname and continued her education in the Netherlands, where she studied to become a teacher in Child Care and Education. She married Dr. Donald McLeod whom she met in the Netherlands. As a teacher, she participated in a project for education renewal, and wrote a number of stories for children which were published in the series ''Van Hier en daar en Overal''. In 1962 they went to Suriname, where McLeod studied for a teaching degree in Dutch language and Dutch literature. From 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Schneiders-Howard
Grace Schneiders-Howard (16 September 1869 – 4 February 1968) was a Surinamese social worker and politician. Initially beginning her career in civil service as an agent for immigrant workers, she later worked in the Hygiene Department to develop sanitation services in the country. When women were allowed to run for office, but without the right to vote, she ran as a candidate for the Estates of Suriname. Elected in 1938, she became the first woman to serve in the Surinamese legislature. A controversial and abrasive figure, Schneiders-Howard was convinced of her own racial and social superiority, using her work with migrants and the poor to propel her own aims and views of how society should be organized. A pioneer woman in many fields, she was condemned by her opponents, who questioned her morals, her motivations and even her sanity. Her lasting impact was upon bringing improved sanitation of the country. Early life Grace Ruth Howard, known as "Gay" was born on 16 September 1869 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
