CAFRA’s Mission

CAFRA is committed to understanding the relationship between the oppression of women and other forms of oppression in the society and its programmes reflect this thinking. CAFRA’s stated mission is to accelerate and channel the collective power of women for individual and societal transformation, thus creating a climate in which social justice is realised.

The objectives of the Association are:

1. To promote and support the continued growth and development of the feminist movement in the entire Caribbean region.

2. To research, analyse and document the situation of women in the region from the perspective of ethnicity, class, culture and gender relations.

3. To network with women’s organisations and other organisations which support CAFRA’s mission.

4. To influence policy at national, regional and international levels in governments and NGOs and institutions, in keeping with CAFRA’s mission.

5. To support through the organisation’s programmes and work, efforts aimed at economic self sufficiency for women.

6. To generate a new and critical examination of the nature of politics and power and women’s relationship to it as a basis for a policy on women, politics and power in the region.

7. To provide information on actions and struggles taking place in different parts of the region and to encourage international solidarity when necessary.

8. To develop action and research priorities based on the needs of women in the region

9. To foster dialogue and debate towards the development of non-patriarchal procedures, perceptions and structure.

10. To develop an institution which promotes personal growth and the most efficient use of human resources, sustainable development of the environment, and economic development.