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33: 217:, quotes Antrobus as saying, about this inaugural international gathering of women: "It was within this context that women from around the world first encountered each other in a sustained and ever-deepening process.... was to nurture and expand this movement in a way that not even its strongest protagonists could have imagined." 206:, Antrobus set up the Caribbean Association for Feminist Research and Action (CAFRA), in 1985. She was also a founder member of Development Alternatives for Women in a New Era (DAWN) and functioned as the organization's general coordinator for the from 1990 to 1996. 617: 96: 100: 612: 473: 607: 562: 167:
Antrobus was appointed the advisor on Women's Affairs to the government of Jamaica in 1974. According to Michelle Rowley, associate professor of
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With many other leading feminists and women's rights activists of the time, Peggy Antrobus was deeply involved in the UN
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Ministry of Social Transformation. She is a founder member of several feminist organisations, including the
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at St. Joseph's Convent and later at the St. Vincent Girl's High School. She did her bachelor's in
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Bunch, Charlotte (November 2012). "Opening Doors for Feminism: UN World Conferences on Women".
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Sisterhood is Global: The International Women's Movement Anthology
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The Global Women's Movement : Origins, Issues and Strategies
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Peggy Antrobus authored an analytical and historical overview of
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University of Massachusetts Amherst College of Education alumni
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in 1954, and went on to receive a professional certificate in
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The Global Women's Movement: Origins, Issues and Strategies
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With other Caribbean activists, artists, and scholars like
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Feminist activist, author, scholar, United Nations advisor
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Reddock, Rhoda (2006). "Reflections: Peggy Antrobus".
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Caribbean Association for Feminist Research and Action
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Founding member of Caribbean feminist organizations
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Grenada
feminist
Caribbean
Jamaica
United Nations
Barbados
Caribbean Association for Feminist Research and Action
Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era
International Gender and Trade Network
Zed Books
Grenada
St. Lucia
economics
Bristol University
social work
University of Birmingham
education
University of Massachusetts
Amherst
women's studies
University of Maryland
University of the West Indies
Honor Ford-Smith
Sonia Cuales
Cynthia Ellis
Joan French
Rhoda Reddock
Rawwida Baksh-Soodeen
World Conferences on Women

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