Gender equality in the Caribbean : reality or illusion / edited by Gemma Tang Nain and Barbara Bailey.

Format Book
Publication InfoKingston [Jamaica] : I. Randle : CARICOM Secretariat : UNIFEM Caribbean, 2003.
Descriptionxxiv, 247 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects
Women--Caribbean, English-speaking. --Social conditions.
Women--Caribbean, English-speaking. --Economic conditions.
Sex discrimination against women--Caribbean, English-speaking.

Other author/creatorNain, Gemma Tang.
Other author/creatorBailey, Barbara (Barbara Evelyn)
Other author/creatorCaribbean Community. Secretariat.
Other author/creatorUnited Nations Development Fund for Women. Caribbean Office.
Contents Women, power and decision-making in CARICOM countries : moving forward from a post-Beijing assessment / Linnette Vassell -- Violence against women : a human rights issue / Gaietry Pargass and Roberta Clarke -- Smoke and mirrors : the illusion of CARICOM women's growing economic empowerment, post-Beijing / Andaiye -- The search for gender equity and empowerment of Caribbean women : the role of education / Barbara Bailey -- Gender equality and women's health in the Caribbean / Denise Noel-DeBique -- Review of institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women and for achieving gender equality 1995-2000 / Sonja T. Harris -- Conclusion : beyond a backlash - the frontal assault on containing Caribbean women in the decade of the 1990s / Violet Eudine Barriteau.
General note"A publication of the CARICOM Secretariat in collaboration with the UNIFEM Caribbean Office."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2003708997
ISBN9766371660

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