February 2012
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We are the 51% →
St. Vincent and the Grenadines: Women’s Congress planners forced to defend focus on women to all-male panel of journalists.
CODE RED explains why a focus on Caribbean women can never be irrelevant and does not mean bad news for men.
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A Week of CODE RED Reads →
Did a Caribbean news source really describe rape as “mounting her”?
How strong is sexual citizenship activism in the region?
Is it possible for another member of parliament to top the sexism of the JLP’s “jobs for the girls” comment?
In which movement for justice are Caribbean people taking the lead?
For answers to these and more take a look at CODE RED’s...
January 2012
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Time for a Caribbean slutwalk? →
What do you think? Is it time for a slutwallk in the Caribbean?
CODE RED is a feminist collective of Caribbean women and men. Visit our wordpress blog for critical Caribbean feminist commentary. Find us on facebook and follow us on twitter.
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“I want to ask our young women, in particular to dress themselves properly. I...”
– SVG: Deputy PM tells women to dress properly and not tempt men. She says that women’s breasts are intended to feed children and comfort their husbands. This hetero/sexist drivel was offered in response to the high level of violence against women and girls and femicides in St. Vincent and...
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Mothers and Mothering in a Global Context: Call...
Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement (MIRCI) and the Institute for Gender and Development Studies:The Nita Barrow Unit, University of the West Indies are hosting an international conference on:
MOTHERS AND MOTHERING IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT
February 24-25th, 2012, Christ Church, Barbados
STILL ACCEPTING ABSTRACTS!
Due to several last minute cancellations, MIRCI is...
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Caribbean feminist, gender & sexuality news: The...
Here are some of the top stories in Caribbean feminist and gender news:
The Good
Guyana to begin vaccinating girls against HPV this week! This month is Cervical Cancer Awareness month. What a great way to begin the month! Time for the other Caribbean countries to follow Guyana’s lead!
WIN-Belize is in the process of revitalizing its Young Women Mentorship Program and you can get...
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Watch“I am feminist enough to let a man be a man…I am feminist enough to paint my nails…I am feminist enough to be the chef in my relationship…I am feminist enough to pay my own bills…I am feminist enough to shave.”
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Tell us what you think about the I am...
December 2011
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Our Rights, Our Lives
Dear partners, Please join us in endorsing the Our Rights, Our Lives: Women’s Call to Action toward the 20-year review of the Cairo conference in 2014: It was developed by an inter-generational group of over 30 feminists convened by Realizing Sexual and Reproductive Justice (RESURJ), International Women’s Health Coalition (IWHC) and Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era...
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November 2011
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“Earlier this month a Trinidadian police officer refused to help a rape victim ...”
– This CODE RED article looks at rape and responses to rape around the Caribbean, showing how misogyny, heterosexism and homophobia are connected.
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We really want to hear your responses to this...
Nigeria Senate Votes to Ban Gay Marriage |... →
projectqueer:
By Julie Bolcer
Senators in Nigeria voted Tuesday to approve a bill that would criminalize same-sex marriage with prison terms of more than a decade for couples and those who help them marry. The bill would penalize same-sex couples who marry with up to 14 years in prison, according to the Associated Press, while witnesses and others who assist them could be sentenced to...
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Is it discriminatory to say violence against... →
CODE RED got called out on twitter yesterday for being discriminatory by saying “violence against women”. Take a look at one member’s response and tell us what you think. Is it discriminatory to speak about violence against women? Was this tweeter just trying to silence us? Or does he have a point?
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WomenSpeak: We have a right to be happy →
womenspeak:
Nalita Gajadhar works as a Programme Officer at the Bureau of Gender Affairs, Barbados. She is President of the Business and Professional Women’s Club which has been running a crisis hotline and shelter for women and children affected by domestic violence since 1986. It is the only shelter in…
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“some women are so on this independent kick they end up alone. You’re going...”
– Source: Tyrese via Huffington Post via New Black Woman
Tired of the independent ladies BS? We are too!
CODE RED weighs in on the ahistorical hetero/sexist drivel that is the independent-ladies meme.
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Why the Caribbean's history can't be used to deny... →
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Is Jamaica's Portia Simpson-Miller too vulgar for... →
The Women’s Views on the News website seems to be suggesting that that’s what the Jamaica Gleaner was trying to say.
One member of the CODE RED Caribbean feminist collective responds with a look at gender and class in Caribbean politics.
Perhaps what the Caribbean needs is a truly vulgar politics? What do you think?
You can talk to us here or on facebook, twitter or wordpress.
International Development Achievement award winner... →
Mr. Renwick Rose of St. Vincent and the Grenadines was yesterday announced as the winner of the 2011 Guardian International Development Achievement Award. Mr Rose won this award for his pioneering work and longstanding commitment to the Fair Trade movement and the Windward Islands banana sector.
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Do fathers count? →
A young Trinidadian father is not permitted to stay with his hospitalised son as hospital policy only permits mothers to be with their children 24 hours a day.
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U.N. Rules that Peru Must Relax Restrictions on... →
UN condemned Peru for violating the human rights of a 13 year-old needing legal abortion services and ruled that the government must ease its restrictions on abortion. The girl was repeatedly raped by different men in her neighborhood. When she discovered that she was pregnant, she threw herself from the roof of a building—but the suicide attempt failed. The broken spine she suffered from the fall...
October 2011
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Who's afraid of feminism? →
Caribbean literary scholar, Carolyn Cooper, argues that young Caribbean women are afraid of feminism because they think it means that they won’t get a man.
The CODE RED collective weighs in on whether and why young women are afraid of feminism.
Have your say too! Leave us a comment or come chat with us on facebook.
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Are young Caribbean women afraid of feminism... →
What do you think?
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September 2011
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“unless you have that manpower on the ground ready to move forward, don’t do...”
– Is silence really the best option for Caribbean LGBTQ communities?
CODE RED is a feminist collective of Caribbean women and men. Visit our website to learn more about us.
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Rape of elderly women in St. Vincent and the...
In St. Vincent & the Grenadines reports of an 83 year-old woman who was raped and killed follow reports of the rape of an 80 year-old stroke-survivor who was raped in Barbados this month. Police in Barbados have arrested a 34 year old man who was released from prison last year after serving a three year sentence for raping an elderly woman.
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Could you live on US $40 per month? →
Guyana’s recent President’s Act gives former presidents and their families lavish pension benefits (including the services of a gardener, clerical and technical staff, tax free pension and vacation allowance with first class airfares) while many Guyanese pensioners survive on US $40 per month. Why do Caribbean people tolerate such an obscene gap in living standards? Shouldn’t...
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Should there be sex offender registries in the... →
Should sex workers be taxed?
Is the Caribbean taking HIV/AIDS seriously?
Have a look at our regional round-up on sex in the news. Have your say!
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RED to the world! →
Want to see CODE RED on a Times Square billboard? Well click the link and vote! RED to the world!
CODE RED is a feminist collective of Caribbean women and men.
Our methods are an innovative mix of the traditional and creative.
In 2009 we founded the New Perspectives symposium series to nurture emerging feminist scholars from the Caribbean. We’ve even sponsored a young calypsonian from...
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WatchWomen of Chinese descent in Trinidad occupy a space that is simultaneously visible and invisible. Despite national and regional acknowledgment of this minority group’s significant cultural and economic influence, female voices are notably absent within the academic literature and early migration history of this unique culture. The mixed-Chinese claim varying degrees of Chinese heritage and...
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“But when it comes to the beauty queen thing, I am still very uncomfortable about...”
– Former Miss Trinidad & Tobago, Anya Ayoung-Chee, now contestant on Project Runway, talks about pageants.
CODE RED is a feminist collective of Caribbean women and men. Join us on facebook and tell us what you think.
Latino Sexuality: Suriname sex workers to be taxed... →
latinosexuality:
warning: this article requires you to know where suriname is located. (yes i’m being an ass hole b/c i think there are too many people who don’t know south american geography. or that not everyone in south american identifies as “latino” in the way we use it in the US). here’s your latino heritage…
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Where's the movement? →
Is activism in the Caribbean dead?
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Fatphobia or Radical Exhibitionism?
A mob of people followed a fat woman around Bridgetown, Barbados last week resulting in the police being called in to control the crowd. Even before the country’s main newspaper put this woman’s picture on the back page and the main online paper dedicated a two-page spread to her, images of the young woman made the rounds of Barbadian networks on facebook and Blackberry messenger. Pretty soon...
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August 2011
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Do Caribbean women count? →
CODE RED is a feminist collective of Caribbean women & men. Visit our wordpress blog and find us on facebook.
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“Many firms in emerging markets do a better job of promoting women than their...”
– Story source: The Economist
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London riots attributed to Jamaican Patois →
Seriously.
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CODE RED for gender justice is a feminist collective of Caribbean women and men. Some of our members are native speakers of Jamaican Nation Language.
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“As innocuous and as innocent as that public service announcement might appear,...”
– Former Miss Jamaica World and Miss Jamaica Universe Christine Straw and her gay brother Matthew Straw have produced a PSA encouraging Jamaicans to show love to their family members and friends who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender. Many church groups do not support the PSA.
source: Jamaica...
July 2011
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