Honouring Women Month

The Family Resource Centre (FRC) of the Department of Counselling Services is pleased to be celebrating the 26th anniversary of Honouring Women Month (HWM) in the Cayman Islands with a schedule of inspiring, empowering and inclusive events.

Over the years, Honouring Women Month has been widely celebrated with the objective of highlighting women’s accomplishments while addressing gender-specific issues affecting them.

This March, the Family Resource Centre will host 27 events that are open to the community, bringing together local entrepreneurs, artisans and industry leaders in a month-long campaign celebrating female achievement and raising awareness of gender equality issues.

All proceeds raised from the HWM events will go towards supporting the FRC’s Young Parent Services and events, which provide parenting, life, technology and employability skills to young parents. The programme assists young parents in accessing information and resources that support the development of healthy parent-child relationships and provides practical tools for raising children.

The HWM 2025 events are linked to this year’s International Women’s Day theme – ‘Accelerate Action’. The theme emphasises the importance of taking swift and decisive steps to achieve gender equality both in personal and professional spheres.

The Family Resource Centre Celebrates its largest ever Colour Me Purple 5K

Courtesy of Caymanian Times

At 6.30am on Sunday 23 March, the streets around Seven Mile Public Beach were turned purple by hundreds of fun runners and walkers taking part in the 2025 Colour Me Purple 5K.

The event sees runners and walkers take on a 5km route while getting doused in purple powder at ‘colour bombing stations’ along the course. The vibrant fun run has become a highlight of the Honouring Women Month calendar and this year more than 500 people took part – making it the largest turnout in the event’s 13-year history.

The route started and ended at Seven Mile Public Beach, where there was a lively atmosphere to welcome and celebrate all the participants.

The Honourable Deputy Governor, Franz Manderson was also in attendance, and presented the prizes, as well as promoted the upcoming DG’s 5K Run. Prizes were given for the first, second and third place male and female division. There was also a “Purplest Person” award, and participants had the chance to win numerous raffle prizes provided by the event’s sponsors.

The Colour Me Purple 5K supports the Family Resource Centre’s Young Parent Programme, which provides training and counselling to parents aged under 25.