DEFINITONS
A range of political movements, ideologies, and social movements that share a common goal: to define, establish, and achieve political, economic, personal, and social equality of sexes
By using this medium, feminists have dramatized the different problems and complexities facing women while attempting to deconstruct and reconstruct new ideas about women and femininity AND a female who uses this method and her medium.
Was the first woman to chair the Board of Trustees of the Jamaica National Heritage Trust (2006-2007)
Type of feminism about sexism being deeply rooted in society that the only cure is to eliminate the concept of gender
What is
• Prevent violence against women
• Increase women's political leadership to further WAND's goals
• Challenge and promote alternatives to militarism and violence as the solution to conflict
The host of “Talking History” on Nationwide 90 FM
What is Caribbean Association for Feminist Research and Action?
Type of feminism that asserts that women are unable to be free due to their financial dependence on males in society
Started the Housecraft Training Centre
What is Women’s Action for New Directions?
A form of feminism that argues that equality for women can be achieved through legal means and social reform
The first state to grant woman the right to vote in all elections and the year
Wrote the book Sound Clash: Jamaican Dancehall Culture at Large (2004)
What is Women's Action for Nuclear Disarmament?
The way in which patriarchy fuels or even creates a social hierarchy based on gender
• Equality and fairness in the workplace
• Empowering females all around the world to achieve their visions and aspirations in life
• Women enablement and women supporting each other
Was awarded the national honour of the Order of Distinction in the rank of Commander (CD) "for outstanding contribution to Education"