There’s a stretch of sand in St. Barts where the afternoons feel slower than the rest of the island. The water at Flamands Beach stays wide and bright blue all day, the waves roll in softly enough for long swims, and the beach never gets crowded in the way people expect from St. Barts. You […]
Above: last year’s Quand l’Art se fait femme festival in Martinique (Photo: RM) By the Caribbean Journal staff An extended festival in Martinique next month will be celebrating the work of female artists on the island. The celebration is called “Quand l’art se fait femme.” It will take place in the Agora business centre and […]
Above: Grenada By the Caribbean Journal staff Across the world, female political representation continues to be an issue. Most recently, it’s become a significant issue in Jamaica, where the 51 Percent Coalition has been pushing for more women in Parliament (and in boardrooms) in the country. So we decided to take a look at the […]
By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor MANY ARE quick to point out the sprinkling of women in top-level positions in Jamaica as representative of “woman power.” Then, too, the country has a female Prime Minister. These relatively few high profile women disguise an ugly truth – the situation of the majority of women in Jamaica […]
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