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Women had control and autonomy at the household and community levels, but had limited access at higher levels to the economic resources available to men. Women outnumber men in health-and-welfare service industries, but men work in fields which directly impact the nation's GDP; motherhood is still viewed at the epitome of womanhood. [21]
Andaiye, born Sandra Williams (11 September 1942 – 31 May 2019), [1] [2] was a Guyanese social, political, and gender rights activist, who has been described as "a transformative figure in the region's political struggle, particularly in the late 1970s, '80s and '90s".
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]
She worked organising women for political office with EMILY's List. [9] Brown led the Network of NGOs for the Advancement of Women's 'Put a Woman' project during the 2000 and 2001 elections, which encouraged people to vote for women candidates. [1] In 2006, she became coordinator for the Network of NGOs for the Advancement of Women. [1]
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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
2. The day became Women's History Week in 1978. An education task force in Sonoma County, California kicked off Women's History Week in 1978 on March 8, International Women's Day, according to the ...
Iris passed away in 1989 in Georgetown, Guyana. In 2021, the Caribbean Court of Justice honoured Iris as one of the Pioneering Caribbean Women Jurists [10] [11] and in 2023, Dr. Joanne Collins-Gonsalves published the first full length book on her titled: Iris de Freitas Brazao, Legal Luminary and Trailblazer: Caribbean, Canada, Wales, England ...