Gender Inequality and Women's Citizenship Evidence from the Caribbean

"This timely and well-researched book takes stock of how far Caribbean women have come in their struggle for equality and social justice. While acknowledging the gains made through the campaigns of named activists, this book draws on statistical data and testimonies/narratives to reveal the serious gaps in addressing violence against women and girls and ensuring that all women can access their legal and constitutional rights as citizens, especially in a global context where patriarchy and homophobia are being reasserted."

Patricia Daley, University of Oxford, UK

"Gender Justice! Women's rights as human rights! The dominant themes of this impressive scholarly work are firmly grounded in research and rigorous analysis. Its contribution to the literature on public policy issues related to gender equity is significant. It will also serve as an invaluable resource for facilitating the necessary attitudinal, policy and cultural shifts the authors identify as crucial for dismantling barriers to gender justice."

Maxine Henry-Wilson, Former Minister of Education, Jamaica

"This is a fairly large volume of well-researched and insightful chapters, written by Campbell and Johnson-Myers, on gender inequalities and the effort to achieve greater gender justice in the Anglo-Caribbean. The more expansive and deeper the body of knowledge, the more that is required of new work in terms of rigour of method and reasoning, as well as its yield in terms of new insights into the phenomenon of gender inequality. This book meets the above stated requirements. It is a well-planned and well-executed (if I may borrow from the vocabulary of athletics) account of the state of gender inequalities in the region. It is rich in insights."

Anthony Harriott, University of the West Indies, Jamaica

"This book offers a deep and contextual examination of gender in the Anglo-Caribbean. The authors marshal a range of evidence to demonstrate and explain the persistence of gender-based inequalities in the region. Spanning the fields of politics, healthcare, human rights and domestic violence, this book makes a meaningful contribution to the discourse on women's equality in the Caribbean."

Se-shauna Wheatle, Associate Professor, Durham University, UK