Neva Edwards Explained

Office1:Speaker of the House of Assembly of Dominica
Primeminister1:Eugenia Charles
Predecessor1:Crispin Sorhaindo
Successor1:Osborne Symes
Term Start1:1 November 1993
Term End1:2 August 1995
Birth Name:Neva Augustina Edwards

Neva Augustina Edwards (born 1931) is an educator, lay preacher and former civil servant in Dominica. She served as Speaker of the House of Assembly of Dominica from 1993 to 1995.

At the Dominica Social Centre, Edwards served as manager of four NGO programs, including the Early Childhood Program. As president of the Dominica National Council of Women, in 1997 she set up a Family Crisis Counseling Program for women and men, designed to prevent domestic violence and help both survivors and perpetrators.[1] She has also been a lay preacher in the Methodist Church.

Edwards received the Meritorious Service Award in 1991.[2] In 1999, she was nominated by the Dominica National Council of Women for the Caricom Award for Women in 1999.[3] In 2011, she was inducted into a Heroes Park in the village of Marigot.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Stop The Gender Base Violence now and Protect Women and their families Says DNCW. EmoNews. 12 January 2023. 23 March 2024.
  2. Web site: National Service Awards Register . Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica.
  3. News: Phenomenal Caribbean Women Symposium gearing up . January 17, 2014 . Dominica News Online.
  4. News: Edison James inducted as “hero” in Marigot . 18 April 2011. 23 March 2024 . Dominica News Online.