In a press release the PDHF said women's contributions to a number of critical sectors within the federation are many.
It said the common values that both the Pastor Desmond Herbert Foundation and the Government of St Kitts and Nevis share in their undertaking to unite people have led to a national partnership where women have been instrumental in keeping the wheels of industry turning.
In keeping with this the Christian related NGO said it recalled the many and very significant struggles in years gone by that women of the federation had made so as to crate a platform fort the women of today to continue building upon.
At the same time, the foundation said women should also use this occasion to take stock of the progress of the cause and the need for reassessment of priorities. It said despite the accomplishments there are still "challenges that they face even in the 21st century."
The PDHF said it recognizes that in the beautiful federation of St Kitts and Nevis the average woman's opportunities for upward mobility are a fraction of that of a man's and that most women in the labour force are in lower paying jobs.
It said though in principle women's rights have improved worldwide "women continue to bear the greater share of the burden of inequality in every corner of the world."
This imbalance must be corrected the foundation said. Meantime, the membership of the Pastor Desmond Herbert Foundation extends their gratitude to the local workforce which it said has an estimated 60% of which are women.
