Belize Civics 101
This is the system of government under which Belize is governed
What is a constitutional monarchy?
a government in which the adult citizens of the country vote to elect the country's leaders. These elected leaders make the governmental decisions.
What is a a representative democracy?
What Treaty established CARICOM and in what year was it signed
What is the 1973 Treaty of Chaguaramas
The first woman elected to the Belize House of Representatives and to serve as a government minister in British Honduras, now Belize.
Who is Gwendolyn Margaret Lizarraga, commonly known as Madam Liz
GBV is the abbreviation for
Gender Based Violence
Belize has a system of local government comprising four types of local authorities
What is city councils, town councils, village councils and community councils?
The Member who is elected by Parliament as its presiding officer. In particular, he or she is responsible for maintaining order and decorum.
Who is the Speaker of the House?
The CARICOM Headquarters is located in this territory
What is Guyana
She is the CARICOM Secretary General
Who is Dr. Carla Barnett
The first African American woman in Congress
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
Universal Adult Suffrage was introduced in this year
What is 1954?
A geographical district from which a Member of Parliament is elected.
What is a constituency
In July 2001 the heads of government revised the Treaty of Chaguaramas to establish this space
What is the Caribbean Community and the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME)
She is the first Prime Minister of her country and won _ number of constituencies
Who is the Honourable Mia Amor Mottley, 30 seats
CEDAW is an abbreviation for this convention
What is The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
The following members are elected: Belize City: One (1) Mayor and ten (10) Councillors, Belmopan City and Towns, One (1) Mayor and six (6) Councillors.
What are municipal elections
Who gets what, when and how
What is the definition of politics
CARICOM's 4 purposes
What are: To promote economic integration and cooperation among its members, to ensure that the benefits of integrationare equitably shared, and to coordinate foreign policy.
These four Caribbean countries have been governed by women in the last twenty years.
Who are: Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, and Guyana
The significance of November 11, 2020
Belizean Elections
Since 2008 the six Districts of Belize have been subdivided into these 31 constituencies.
State the number in of constituencies in each district.
What is:
The practice or policy of favoring individuals belonging to groups known to have been discriminated against previously.
What is affirmative action?
The Members of CARICOM
Who are: Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago.
Anguilla, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, and the Turks and Caicos Islands have associate member status, and Aruba, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela maintain observer status
These women currently serve in the Belize House of Representatives
Who are: Mrs. Valerie Wood, Hon. Denise “Sista B” Barrow, Hon. Tracy Panton, Hon. Elvia Vega-Samos, Hon. Dolores Balderamos Garcia
This is SDG 5 and has 6 targets
What is Gender Equality?
Goal 5 contains 6 targets:
Target 5.1. End all forms of discrimination against women and girls everywhere
Target 5.2. Eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation
Target 5.3. Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation
Target 5.4. Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family as nationally appropriate
Target 5.5. Ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life
Target 5.6. Ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights