Cafra News - Brief Article

WIN News, Spring, 2000

CARIBBEAN ASSOCIATION FOR FEMINIST RESEARCH AND ACTION

P.O. Box 442, Tunapuna, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; Fax: (868) 663-6482

e-mail: cafrainfo@wow.net

"CAFRA NEWS is the biannual magazine and networking tool of the CARIBBEAN ASSOCIATION FOR FEMINIST RESEARCH AND ACTION (CAFRA). Its main purposes are to:

* Inform members and others interested about the activities and programmes of the association

* Provide a forum for discussions and debate on key issues of concern to women in the region

* Promote the sharing of experiences and foster links among individual feminists, activists and women's organisations

* Assist in breaking down language barriers in the region

* Stimulate women's creative expression

* Contribute to the development of the women's movement regionally and internationally.

FROM THE EDITORIAL - WORKING TOGETHER FOR PEOPLE-CENTRED DEVELOPMENT

CAFRA's mission is to celebrate and channel the collective power of women for individual and societal transformation, thus creating a climate in which social justice is realised.

In working towards the fulfillment of its mission, CAFRA faces the formidable challenge of working with other regional networks/agencies that share a similar vision for the Caribbean - a vision of development that is people-centred and sustainable politically, economically, socially, technologically, culturally and spirtually. In a nutshell, as succinctly put in the theme for the International Year of Older Persons, 'A Society for all Ages,' thriving in an environment' of social justice.

Through a programme of functional cooperation, regional networks of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have formed a strategic alliance for resource-sharing and joint programme development. The effort must now advance further to the collective bargaining for financial resources[ldots] CAFRA is prepared to cooperate fully with other social partners in areas where collective action is the best option[ldots]

CONTENTS:

Editorial // Feedback // CAFRA Programme Update: Women's Role in the Banana Export Sector // Training Young Women in Political Activism // CAFRA National Activities // People: Caribbean Women - Joycelin Massiah // Envisioning the Future Caribbean // Walking in My Mother's Footsteps // Issues: Globalisation, Governance & the Caribbean Community // Women & the Debt Burden // Barbados Bureau of Gender Affairs - Transformation of Name Change? // Forgotten Lot: Women in Overseas Territories // Defending Women's Rights in Haiti // International Year of Older Persons // Health Corner: Nutrition for the Elderly // Health Briefs and more."