What happenin’ In 2016, Trinidad and Tobago was embroiled in a battle for women’s and girls’ rights. ‘No Slut Shaming’ and GBV discussions with political pressure by young women’s and feminist groups challenged the then Mayor of Port-of-Spain, Tim Kee on his expression and defense of his sexist statements after carnival. The carnival was not …
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What #LifeInPants #LifeInBoxers #EggplantEntries Don’t Get
Dear Caribbean Men, Maybe #AllProtectiveCoveringForLegsMatter but in the Caribbean and throughout the world, women’s lives do not matter in a patriarchy. On Monday, a policewoman was raped and almost killed by a taxi driver (http://www.trinidadexpress.com/20161129/news/taxi-driver-arrested-in-rape-of-cop). The President-elect of the United States of America, Donald Trump gives advice to other men on women to “grab them …
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