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A Classic Study of the History of Caribbean Women, a review of Lucille Mathurin Mair's A Historical Study of Women in Jamaica, 1655–1844. Kingston: University of the West Indies Press, 2006. 496 pp., ISBN 978-976-640-166-5 (cloth); ISBN 978-976-640-178-8 (paper). RECONSTRUCTING BLACK WOMEN'S HISTORY IN THE CARIBBEAN, JSTOR.org.
Ambiguity regarding the term "feminism" has created difficulties for the Caribbean Feminist Movement. [1] Some feminists argue that it is necessary that the movement confront the skewed hierarchy which continues to exist and shape the relations between men and women, and as a result, women's status and access to goods and resources within society. [1]
The following is a list of notable month-long observances, recurrent months that are used by various governments, groups and organizations to raise awareness of an issue, commemorate a group or event, or celebrate something.
A demonstrator holds a sign while gathering on the National Mall during the Women's March in Washington D.C., U.S., on Jan. 21, 2017. Credit - Eric Thayer–Bloomberg—Getty Images
Cacica (Chief) Taina. Puerto Rico was originally called "Borinquen" by the Taínos, which means: "La tierra del altivo Señor", or "The Land of the Mighty Lord", [5] The Taínos were one of the Arawak peoples of South America and the Caribbean, who inhabited the island before the arrival of the Spaniards.
Caribbean immigrants. Then I re-visited the issue of Caribbean immigrant women and domestic workers’ rights, with the aim of expanding my opinion piece into a report. The narrative of the Caribbean nanny has been framed in a fictional or semi-autobiographical context. Some time ago, at the annual Brooklyn Book Festival, I met
Claudia Vera Jones (née Cumberbatch; 21 February 1915 – 24 December 1964) was a Trinidad and Tobago-born journalist and activist.As a child, she migrated with her family to the United States, where she became a Communist political activist, feminist and Black nationalist, adopting the name Jones as "self-protective disinformation". [1]
CAFRA was based in Trinidad and Tobago for many years and is now based in St. Lucia. [4] [3] Though it is based in the English-speaking Caribbean, it covers all linguistic areas of the region; it is known as the Asociación Caribeña para la Investigación y Acción Feministas in Spanish and the Association Caraïbéenne pour la Recherche et l'Action Féministe in French.