Amílcar Sanatan is an interdisciplinary Caribbean artist, educator and activist. He is from Trinidad and Tobago and currently works in Helsinki, Finland. His public leadership and research amplify the youth-child-gender equality nexus of development, decolonial urbanism, and literary publics in social change. He promotes co-imagining and co-creation of development in the Caribbean and Americas region.
Sanatan is the recipient of several professional and social leadership awards for his service to under-resourced communities in the region. He promotes democratic, sustainable and grounded approaches to national, regional and global development. Sanatan co-edited two special issues in academic journals on Caribbean gender and cultural studies. He holds a BSc. Psychology and MPhil. Interdisciplinary Gender Studies from the University of the West Indies. He is a PhD student in Cultural Studies in the same institution.
Public Talks and Interviews
“Contribution – Youth-Child-Gender Equality Nexus of Development: Trinidad and Tobago.” Youth Dialogue at the 68th Commission on the Status of Women, United Nations Headquarters, New York. 2024
“Intersectionality, Youth, Gender-based Violence and Criminal Justice in the Caribbean.” Academy for Law, Caribbean Court of Justice. 2023
“The Role of Men and Boys in Menstrual Equity and Ending Period Poverty in Trinidad and Tobago.” Joint Select Committee on Human Rights, Equality and Diversity, Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago. 2023
“International Women’s Day Interview.” Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago. 2022
“How Masculinity Becomes a Weapon.” TEDXPort-of-Spain. 2019
Media Features
“Men must do their part to end gender inequality.” Trinidad Express Newspapers. 2023
Work on young men and masculinities spotlighted by UNESCO’s “Positively Men” campaign. 2022
“Getting to Know Series: Amílcar Sanatan.” Catholic News Trinidad and Tobago. 2022