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EDITORIAL (5th World Conference on Women 2003)

Tuesday 31 December 2002 by Margaret Gill
We believe that the time has come for the feminist movement to begin to ask important questions about the efficacy of such world conferences in securing the economic, political and social rights of women, as well as the strategic roles that feminist activists can play at such events. > continue

Post Beijing+5 CAFRA has... (5th World Conference on Women 2003)

Monday 30 December 2002 by Nelcia Robinson
...Focused largely on women’s economic development, education and health within a human rights framework. Our national and regional spread, with international linkages, has enabled us to build programmes and advocacy campaigns around the twelve (12) critical areas of concern in the Beijing (...) > continue

Blood Thirsty Language In The Media (5th World Conference on Women 2003)

Sunday 29 December 2002 by Margaret May Macaulay
I do hope our Sports Writers will stop the violence and deal only with the skills demonstrated in the competition and let those who were not present at the game enjoy it from their reports as a sporting event only. > continue

We’ve Come This Far

Violence and Political Power on the agenda in St Kitts/Nevis (5th World Conference on Women 2003)

Saturday 28 December 2002
By far the greatest problem affecting women in Christopher and Nevis is the growing number of women who end up dead because of domestic and relationship related violence. > continue

We’ve Come This Far

GUYANA TACKLES GENDER DISCRIMINATION (5th World Conference on Women 2003)

Friday 27 December 2002
The law in Guyana needs to go a step further in dealing with issues of gender discrimination. > continue

We’ve Come This Far

JAMAICAN WOMEN CRY FOR ACTION NOT ‘A BAG A MOUTH’ (5th World Conference on Women 2003)

Thursday 26 December 2002

Jamaica has a National Policy Statement on Women.

This fact, however, has done little to arrest the instances of inequity in employment practices, gender violence and exploitation of women and young girls in that Caribbean territory.

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2003 PROGRAMME (5th World Conference on Women 2003)

Wednesday 25 December 2002
CAFRA as a bearer of that light seeks through its programmes to strengthen itself and facilitate the regional women’s movement. > continue

Caribbean Feminism 12 Challenges (5th World Conference on Women 2003)

Tuesday 24 December 2002
1. I want us to unravel the knot around power and connect our difficulty with power as influencing what issues receive our attention whether the issue is women’s economic hardship or lesbianism and homophobia. I want us to recognise that we have a problematic relationship with power, that we (...) > continue

A 5th World Conference on Women? (5th World Conference on Women 2003)

5 women speak up
Monday 23 December 2002
Andaiye From the time we bought into the view of the world that revolutionary change was the stuff of yesterday and it was now passé and embarrassing to think of it, much less to stalk about it, still less fight for it, several things have resulted, including acceptance that there are no longer (...) > continue

We’ve Come This Far

STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT AND FORCED PROSTITUTION AFFECT WOMEN IN THE NETHERLANDS (5th World Conference on Women 2003)

Sunday 22 December 2002
In the Netherlands Antilles, in particular Curaçao, female-headed households are more likely than male-headed households to fall below the poverty line. > continue

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