Women Power! 4 most powerful women in VI
The first local Attorney General, another woman who hailed from the Eastern End of Tortola, was Mrs R. Dancia Penn-Sala QC, who served from 1992-1999.
It took another 21 years to see the second local Attorney General in Ms Dawn J. Smith appointed, even with the Constitution stating in Section 95 (6) that “No person shall be appointed to the office of Attorney General unless he or she belongs to the Virgin Islands……”
However, beyond her appointment as Attorney General and Member of the House of Assembly (HoA), another piece of history was also made at the Fifteenth Sitting of the Second Session of the Fourth House of Assembly of the VI.
For the first time since the restoration of the Legislative Council in 1950, a record four local women are holding their own as Members and can be considered among the most powerful women in the Territory.
Women Power!
The Attorney General, Honourable Smith, joins the third term Legislator and former Junior Minister for Trade and Economic Development, Honourable Alvera Maduro-Caines (R6), who was first elected in 2011 and has faced three consecutive victorious elections; and two freshwomen in the Junior Minister of Tourism and At Large Representative, Hon Sharie B. de Castro [2019-current], who gained the most votes in the 2019 general election At-Large contest and the first woman to be elected from a sister island, Junior Minister for Trade and Economic Development and At Large Representative, Hon Shereen D. Flax-Charles.
Women’s Caucus?
The Speaker of the House of Assembly Hon Julian Willock, in his brief announcement at the Special Sitting, called for the establishment of a women’s caucus.
Women in the VI are certainly continuing to make valuable contributions towards building the ‘great little nation’ of the British Overseas Territory of the VI.
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48 Responses to “Women Power! 4 most powerful women in VI”
a set of european folks now control the british virgin islands sea water
Kudos to these Ladies and thanks for your contributions to the country.
May God continue to Bless them and others like them.
But ok :)