Neva Edwards

{{Short description|Dominican politician (born 1931)}}

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|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

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|birth_name = Neva Augustina Edwards

|birth_date = {{birth year and age|1931}}

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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.{{cite web|url=https://emonewsdm.com/stop-the-gender-base-violence-now-and-protect-women-and-their-families-says-dncw/|title=Stop The Gender Base Violence now and Protect Women and their families Says DNCW|website=EmoNews|date=12 January 2023|access-date=23 March 2024}} She has also been a lay preacher in the Methodist Church.

Edwards received the Meritorious Service Award in 1991.{{cite web |url=http://www.dominica.gov.dm/government-publications/national-service-awards/254-national-service-awards-register |title=National Service Awards Register |publisher=Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica}} In 1999, she was nominated by the Dominica National Council of Women for the Caricom Award for Women in 1999.{{cite news |url=http://dominicanewsonline.com/news/homepage/news/phenomenal-caribbean-symposium-gearing/ |title=Phenomenal Caribbean Women Symposium gearing up |date=January 17, 2014 |publisher=Dominica News Online}} In 2011, she was inducted into a Heroes Park in the village of Marigot.{{cite news |url=https://dominicanewsonline.com/news/homepage/news/edison-james-inducted-as-hero-in-marigot/ |title=Edison James inducted as “hero” in Marigot |date=18 April 2011|access-date=23 March 2024 |website=Dominica News Online}}