http://www.wrocjamaica.org Articles about the work of WROC daily 1 2010-02-15T07:34:48Z http://www.wrocjamaica.org/p/women2019s-convention-pushes-transformational-leadership-agenda Women’s Leadership…Wellspring for Transformation is the theme for an empowering all-day women’s convention coming up on March 30. No publisher alteroo 2011-03-21T18:49:52Z Page http://www.wrocjamaica.org/p/let2019s-recall-some-great-women Seven heroes: six males, one female. Is it that Nanny of the Maroons was the only notable woman leader in Jamaica during the slavery era? No publisher alteroo 2011-03-21T18:52:48Z Page http://www.wrocjamaica.org/p/raising-pigs-a-rewarding-profession The cold night wind coming off the river was giving Marsha Graham a hard time as she struggled to keep warm, but she was determined to stay the course. Finally, some time after 10, the tired Somerset resident was able to leave the pigpen, secure in the knowledge that the 10 new-born piglets and the sow were okay. No publisher alteroo 2011-03-21T18:40:01Z Page http://www.wrocjamaica.org/p/a-womans-place “Women tend to be more industrious and so they should use their ability to seduce men in order to advance whatever agenda they are advocating for. They also need to use this attribute to encourage men to take their rightful place in society.” This is the astounding view of a male social worker who was participating in a forum on women’s leadership organized by the Women’s Resource and Outreach Centre (WROC) in Kingston recently. No publisher alteroo 2011-01-31T23:48:18Z Page http://www.wrocjamaica.org/p/harvesting-success...-small-farmers-to-get-greenhouse What is the toughest problem that farmers face? Aside from praedial larceny, irregular weather patterns such as sustained drought or heavy rainfall are high on the scale. During drought conditions “the seeds wont germinate, they wont strive,” explains small farmer from Spring Bank in deep rural St. Thomas Roy Lumsden. No publisher alteroo 2011-01-31T22:50:58Z Page