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This paper interrogates Caribbean feminist theory and activism in relation to the Euro-American experience and to challenges emerging from the Third World discourse. The author argues from the standpoint position that second wave Caribbean feminism has been largely Afro-centric and simultaneously interlocked with processes of independence and national identity struggles. She suggests that there is a need for the movement to reflect the experiences of women of other ethnic groups in the region. In this regard, in Trinidad and Tobago the Indo-Caribbean voice has been emerging and broadening the feminist base. In more recent years also the divisions between feminist and non-feminist groups are subsiding, strengthening the ultimate capacity of this movement for change in the region.
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The views expressed in this essay are my personal perspectives and analysis andnot necessarily those of the Commonwealth Secretariat, the organization in which I am now employed.
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Baksh-Soodeen, R. Issues of Difference in Contemporary Caribbean Feminism. Fem Rev 59, 74–85 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1080/014177898339460
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