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      In this article that surveys the record of women's rights in the Caribbean, the author suggests that, despite the significant advances made during the UN Decade for Women (1975-85), women remain "largely marginalized and deprived" in Caribbean societies. The author interviewed leading scholars on Caribbean womanhood to determine the limits …

      This article describes how the Jamaican theatre collective, Sistren, hosted workshops on issues that ranged from migration to pregnancy, child rearing, birth control, and sexual violence. Held at sugar estates and factories across the country, the workshops involved dramatic exercises to educate audiences on the social barriers faced by women.

      Jamaican poet Lorna Goodison, formerly the writer-in-residence at the University of the West Indies, Mona, discusses how she uses poems as a medium for channeling the suffering of Caribbean peoples—specifically in the aftermath of Hurricane Gilbert. She is the author of "Jamaica Women: An Anthology", of "I am Becoming My …

      An article on the challenges facing Jamaican women who sought gender equality in the late 1970s. The author argues that women were disproportionately affected by the island's neoliberal economic reforms. She explores this theme through the struggle against hoarding, the fight for paid maternity leave, and the protests against austerity …

      An interview with Honor Ford-Smith of the Jamaica School of Drama. Ford-Smith, former CERLAC Associate Director, recounts how she came to form Sistren, a women's theatre collective that draws on the experiences of Jamaican actresses to produce nationally-acclaimed performances. The interview also deals with Sistren's two-week tour to Canada where …