Gender Inequality and Women's Citizenship
Evidence from the Caribbean
- 156 pages
- English
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Gender Inequality and Women's Citizenship
Evidence from the Caribbean
About this book
Gender Inequality and Women's Citizenship combines cases across Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago to highlight the range of systemic inequalities that impact women in the Anglo-Caribbean.
Using empirical and secondary data and drawing on feminist theoretical insights, Yonique Campbell and Tracy-Ann Johnson-Myers examine a range of pertinent and intersecting social, political and economic challenges facing women in the Anglo-Caribbean. The issues explored include gender-based violence, barriers to women in politics, the effects of COVID-19 on women, and debates around the illegality of abortion rights and failure to protect the health of women by allowing them to exercise autonomy over their bodies. They raise questions about systemic inequalities resulting from patriarchal gender relations, heteronormativity, women's social and economic status, and state inaction.
This book is unique in its interdisciplinary analysis of gender inequality in the Anglo-Caribbean, mapping the intersection of women's multiple identities and positionalities to determine the obstacles they encounter. It will be of interest to scholars and researchers of International Relations, Caribbean Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Development Studies, Sociology and Anthropology.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Endorsements
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Introduction: Gender Challenges in the Caribbean
- 2. Barriers, Biases, Boys’ Club: A Qualitative Study of the Underrepresentation of Female Politicians in Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago
- 3. Debating the Illegality of Abortion Rights in Jamaica: Challenges for Gender Equality and Collaborative Governance Approaches
- 4. The Invisibility of LGBTQ Women in Violence against Women Legislation in the Anglo-Caribbean: An Intersectional Analysis
- 5. Health Inequalities and the Gendered Impact of COVID-19 on Women
- 6. Conclusion
- Index