The Keshagen Adderley Podcast

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2024

On this episode of the Youth Perspective, we celebrate International Women’s Day 2024. Imagine a gender-equal world. A world free of bias, stereotypes, and discrimination. A world that's diverse, equitable, and inclusive. A world where difference is valued and celebrated. Together we can forge women's equality. Collectively we can all #InspireInclusion.

Celebrate women's achievements. Raise awareness about discrimination. Take action to drive gender parity.

IWD belongs to everyone, everywhere. Inclusion means all IWD actions are valid. I have the fantastic opportunity to speak with Mrs. Tanya Mcfall-Major & Dr. Brittney Jones and discuss this amazing day! With over a century of history and change, the first International Women's Day (IWD) was held in March 1911. IWD isn't country, group, or organization-specific. It's a day of collective global activism and celebration that belongs to all those committed to forging women's equality. Tune in and join the conversation. #March8th #IWD2024 #InspireInclusion

Listen on Saturdays @ 8 pm:

107.9FM "THE INSPIRATION STATION"

Listen on Saturdays @ 7:30 pm:

1540AM/104.5FM "THE NATIONAL VOICE OF THE BAHAMAS"

Artist of the Week Paula McKeva!

THE YOUTH PERSPECTIVE LUCIUS FOX ESPORTS GAMER

REV. DENO CARTWRIGHT SHARES WITH US FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON!

JUNKANOO PARADES 2023 WITH ELLERY DEVEAUX

Joined on this episode by Kiwanis Club Nassau AM

TYLER GORDON VP OF EVENTS OF THE BAHAMAS ESPORTS FEDERATION

Joining us on this episode of the Youth Perspective:

Sandra Jones

Subregional advisor PAHO subregional office for the Caribbean

Mrs. Youlander Bullard

Nursing Officer 2

Coordinator of Adolescent Health Centre

Dr. Brittney Jones

Technical Officer

Discussion questions

1. Are we missing the boat with young people when it comes to adolescent pregnancy prevention? 
2. What is the significance of Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Week?
3. What is the current situation locally and regionally? Why should we be concerned?
4. What are some of the strategies that are available in the region to address adolescent pregnancy?
5. Are there any policies that protect our youth from adolescent pregnancy in The Bahamas?
6. What are some of the factors that contribute to adolescent pregnancy?
7. How can we make access to SRH services easier for adolescents?
8. What can we do as a community to encourage the prevention of adolescent pregnancy?
9. What advice would you give to a concerned parent or guardian?

Professor Attiya Waris, UN Independent Expert on foreign debt, other international financial obligations and human rights

She is the only Professor of Fiscal Law and Policy in Eastern and Central Africa. She is the first female Director of Research and Enterprise at the University of Nairobi. She holds a PhD in Law and is a specialist in Fiscal Law, Policy and Development. She is an advocate, company secretary and arbitrator of over 20 years standing and was the founding Chair, Fiscal Studies Committee from 2017-2020. She spearheaded the first agreement on sharing of data between a University and a revenue agency globally in 2016.  She is an Observer to the UN Tax Committee.

She teaches at the Law School, University of Nairobi, Kenya and has previously taught in South Africa, Rwanda, Malaysia and the United Kingdom. She has researched and published on global, African, Asian, European as well as Latin American issues. Her book 'Tax and Development’ (2013) is the first publication globally that links the areas of tax and human rights and her more recent publication ‘Financing Africa’ is the first publication globally to map out African fiscal systems. 

She is fluent in English, French and Kiswahili. She has been invited to speak about taxation, illicit financial flows, tax justice and human rights at some of the leading international and regional organizations & universities as well as before governments and national parliaments across the world.

Twitter: @IEfinanceHRs

Attiya Waris was appointed the UN Independent Expert on foreign debt, other international financial obligations, and human rights by the Human Rights Council at its 47th session, and took up the function on 1 August 2021.

ARTIST OF THE WEEK BRENDI BE

A CELEBRATION OF THE ROYAL BAHAMAS POLICE FORCE BAND

AUTHOR LEVI WALLACE

A celebration of the Royal Bahamas Police Force. As we celebrate 50 years of Independence.

Happy Independence with a special look at the first Independence 1973, and I look toward this years independence celebrations. Tune in and Happy Independence Bahamas.

YOUTH PERSPECTIVE WITH COACH RICARDO MILLER

WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH WITH TANYA MAJOR & BRITTNEY JONES

Breastfeeding and complementary feeding

Poor nutrition during the early stages of the life-course can lead to extensive and irreversible damage to physical growth and brain development.  On the other hand, good nutrition has a positive effect.  Breastfeeding is the optimal way of feeding babies, offering them the nutrients they need in the right balance, as well as offering protection against disease.

In 2012 the World Health Assembly (WHA) approved the global nutrition target of increasing the rate of exclusive breastfeeding in the first 6 months of age to at least 50% by 2025. The World Health Organization recommends that babies should be exclusively breastfed for the first six months of life, followed by introduction of nutritionally adequate and safe complementary foods, and with continued breastfeeding up to two years old or beyond.

Breastfeeding for more than 6 months or longer compared to no or shorter breastfeeding is associated with a reduction of childhood leukemia of 19% .

Babies who are breastfed are 60 percent less likely to die from SIDS compared to those not breastfeed. The effect is even greater for infants exclusively breastfed.

A 30 year follow-up of a cohort captured at birth showed that adults who had been breastfed earned higher wages, an effect mediated through an increase in years of schooling.

Workplace policies in support of breastfeeding increase employee retention, performance, loyalty, productivity and morale.

Adults who were breastfed as children score 3.3 points higher on cognitive development indicators, which leads to more years of schooling.

Breastfeeding leaves no carbon footprint. Breast-milk is renewable and produced and fed to the baby without pollution, packaging, or waste.

Beyond providing perfect nutrition and protection against infection and death, constituents in breast milk likely affect epigenetic programming at a critical time when an infant’s gen expression is being developed for life.

 “If a new vaccine became available that could prevent 1 million or more child deaths a year, and that was moreover cheap, safe, administered orally, and required no cold chain, it would become an immediate public health imperative. Breastfeeding can do all this and more13.”

Longer breastfeeding reduces the risk of overweight/obesity by 13%, helping to fight chronic diseases caused by obesity. It also lowers the risk of type 2 diabetes by 35%14.

Women who breastfeed compared with women who don’t breastfeed or breastfeed less have a 32% lower risk of type 2 diabetes, a 26% lower risk of breast cancer and a 37% lower risk of ovarian cancer15.

The International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes provides guidelines to prevent the inappropriate marketing of breastmilk substitutes, including infant formula, feeding bottles, nipples, follow-on milks and related products16. It needs to be legislated and monitored. When manufacturers and distributors are in violation, they should be sanctioned.

Mother-child bonding is enhanced when mothers interact with their infants while breastfeeding. Longer breastfeeding is associated with more sensitive maternal responsiveness and the security that comes with attachment.

WORLD TOBACCO MONTH

31 May is World No Tobacco Day

This yearly celebration informs the public on the dangers of using tobacco, the business practices of tobacco companies, what WHO is doing to fight the tobacco epidemic, and what people around the world can do to claim their right to health and healthy living and to protect future generations.

The Member States of the World Health Organization created World No Tobacco Day in 1987 to draw global attention to the tobacco epidemic and the preventable death and disease it causes. In 1987, the World Health Assembly passed Resolution WHA40.38, calling for 7 April 1988 to be a "a world no-smoking day." In 1988, Resolution WHA42.19 was passed, calling for the celebration of World No Tobacco Day, every year on 31 May.

ARTIST OF THE WEEK XIA FEATURES HER NEW SINGLE "GOD IS LOVE"

LUNG CANCER AWARENESS WITH DR. RAMPHALL