Neva 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.[1]
At the Dominica Social Centre, she has served as manager of four NGO programs, including the Early Childhood Program. Edwards has also been a lay preacher in the Methodist Church.[1]
She 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.[1] In 2011, she was inducted into a Hero's Park in the village of Marigot.[3]
References[]
- ^ a b c "Phenomenal Caribbean Women Symposium gearing up". Dominica News Online. January 17, 2014.
- ^ "National Service Awards Register". Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica.
- ^ "Former PM of Dominica Hon. Edison James is among 10 persons inducted in a Heroes' Park in Marigot". News.dm. April 19, 2011.
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