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”My passion for giving selflessly grew tremendously”
Jill De Bourg has been part of the Red Cross and Red Crescent movement since 2005. Today she is the President of the Trinidad and Tobago Red Cross Society. “As an individual you give 100 per cent all the time. And being a woman, I am no different.” Watch the video to meet this incredible woman from the Caribbean.
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Jill De Bourg

Trinidad and Tobago, 2005

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Analysis shows that women’s jobs are 1.8 times more vulnerable during the coronavirus pandemic than men’s jobs: Women make up 39% of global employment but account for 54% of overall job losses as of May 2020.

– McKinsey 2020

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