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"The Historical Background to the Culture of Violence in Trinidad and Tobago", Caribbean Review of Gender Studies, A Journal of Caribbean Perspectives on Gender and Feminism, Issue 4, 2010, The University of the West Indies Institute of Gender and Development Studies, 16 pp. James-Sebro, Meryl.
The countries of the Caribbean have a history of universal access to primary education and widely available secondary schooling. The Caribbean however, paints a different picture of gender and education than most of the other places in the world. [24] With the improvements in economy female education level started following U-shape path. [25]
In Guatemalan society, boys are encouraged to pursue and receive a formal education, whereas girls' education is not prioritized because they must help their mothers with domestic duties. [10] Since the girls adapt to restricted lifestyles, their educational opportunities grow limited, and they conform to their gender roles. [11]
Men's studies in the Caribbean is an emerging interdisciplinary field that has its roots in family studies programs of the 1950s and 60s, and in feminine studies programs of the 1970s and 80s. [1] In the Caribbean , gender studies have concentrated primarily on "retrieving Caribbean women from historical 'invisibility'", [ 2 ] but men's studies ...
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 male role includes authority and power due to the fact of being an economic provider. [2] Even though males have this status, by Caribbean women actively being the decision-maker when it comes to familial roles and their income earned outside of the home, these women attribute to leadership. [2]
Patricia Mohammed (born 28 February 1954) is a Trinidadian scholar, writer, and filmmaker. [1] She is a Professor Emerita of the University of the West Indies (UWI). Her primary research interests are in gender, development and the role of art in the Caribbean imagination.
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.