2004

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Finance & Fund Raising (2004)

2004

The CAFRA Programme of Work 2002-2006 was circulated to members, along with a Project Proposal for the period 2004-2006. The proposal seeks to raise US$635,150 over a three-year period for a comprehensive Research, Advocacy, Training and Documentation Programme. The Programme of Work seeks (...)

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Introduction (2004)

2004

The Hurricanes have swept through the region and laid bare not only the physical terrain, but the heart and soul of our people. On the one hand a great out pouring of support for the many afflicted. On the other hand, the determination of a section of people to rob, rape, kill and strike fear (...)

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Context of the Organisation (2004)

“On Our Mothers’ Shoulders – Feminism In The 21st Century”

2004

This was the theme of the International Women’s Day message – an ever constant reality that the gains of the women’s movement were incremental, and that critical issues facing the women’s movement needed to be addressed. When the Centre for Gender Studies invited CAFRA to collaborate on the Dame (...)

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Internal Organization (2004)

2004

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 in individual and social transformation, (...)

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Oxfam-New Directions (2004)

2004

The OXFAM Joint Programme has elaborated its new strategic plan, within which grants will be approved. There are five broad aims as follows: Aim 1 Right to a Sustainable Livelihood Global SCO 1.1 People living in poverty will achieve food and income security, as well as greater access to, (...)

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Enabling Factors (2004)

2004

The vision of CAFRA remains its greatest strength. Its outreach to the English, Dutch, French and Spanish speaking Caribbean speaks strongly to regional integration. The membership has not recognised language and water as barriers, but rather as bridges, unity and empowering women to create (...)

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Special Events (2004)

2004

(a) Hurricane Relief When we signed on to the NGO Plan of Action for Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, we warned about the regions vulnerability to Hurricanes, Earthquakes, Volcanoes and the need for Disaster Preparedness, Prevention and Management. The recent spate (...)

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CAFRA’S 20th Anniversary (2004)

2004

In April 2005, CAFRA will celebrate its 20th Anniversary, having been founded on April 1, 1985. At the Regional Committee Meeting held in November 2004, it was agreed to launch a year long series of activities, as follows: 1. Launch the Anniversary year in April 2005. A sticker should be (...)

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CAFRA NEWS (2004)

2004

The January – June 2004 issue of CAFRA NEWS focused on a campaign to develop the CAFRA House into an income-generating facility. The issue was dedicated to the memory of Nartel Green, who at the time of her sudden death in March 2004, was the CAFRA National Representative in St. Croix, US (...)

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Commemoration of International Solidarity Days (2004)

2004

International Women’s Day International Women’s Day – March 8, was celebrated under the Theme “On our Mothers’ Shoulders – Feminism in the 21st Century”. The statement issued for the occasion observed that through the efforts of early feminists today’s Caribbean women have won, among other things, (...)

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