Hello Friends, I haven’t been here for awhile. I haven’t posted and I haven’t solicited postings. The thing about activism is this: sometimes you get tired, sometimes… Read more “I’m Not Dead.”
CODE RED talks to AWID about CatchAFyah and Caribbean Feminism
CODE RED talks to AWID about CatchAFyah and Caribbean Feminism
Tonya Hayes of Code Red talks about the recent Catch A Fyah Caribbean Feminist Grounding held in Barbados.
For us what this meant was the need to come together as Caribbean feminists from different countries, religious backgrounds and ethnicities and learn and share with each other. By grounding we meant getting to the root of what we saw needed to change in our societies but also the source of our collective strength.
Trafficking in the Caribbean
Marissa Thomas is Programme Coordinator for Trinidad at the The Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition (CVC) and El Centro de Orientación e Investigación Integral (COIN) Caribbean Vulnerabilised Groups Project: a… Read more “Trafficking in the Caribbean”
A Note on Submissions
Hello Friends, Over the past few months WomenSpeak has received some submissions which I have hesitated to post. For those of you who have left your email… Read more “A Note on Submissions”
What is Gender?
Gender refers to the characteristics, behaviours, traits and social roles that people attribute to men or women. Unlike ‘Biological Sex’ which refers to the genetic and anatomical… Read more “What is Gender?”
Unbroken
And she cries into the sea that will someday bring her ashes home And she sings a song of feedom that her people brought here a long… Read more “Unbroken”
“Krik? Krak!: dem cyant break we back” Narratives of Challenge and Change from the Caribbean
Some remarkable Caribbean women will have the floor at the 12th AWID International Forum in Turkey this month: Some important discussions that will help us all come… Read more ““Krik? Krak!: dem cyant break we back” Narratives of Challenge and Change from the Caribbean”
“Pssst. I own you.”
As we approach the end of the Anti-Street Harassment Week, I’d like to talk a little about why Street Harassment is not just a sexual harassment issue,… Read more ““Pssst. I own you.””
[Sexism] is still present and it affects us every day of our lives,” explains Simone. “If you take the time to examine street harassment, you see that it has a great deal to do with discrimination.
Anti-Street Harassment Week awareness raising and advocacy continues all over the world this week. WomenSpeak got a nice little mention in this article by Holly Kearl for IPPFWHR highlighting some of the work being done in Latin America and the Caribbean.