The National Drama Association of Trinidad and Tobago’s (NDATT) Playwrights Workshop Trinbago’s (PWT) Monthly Readers Theatre Series (MRTS), held the first Wednesday of every month, kicks off the new year with the reading of the screenplay Liberties, written by Taqiyah Muhammad, for the January 2020 instalment. The reading takes place at the NDATT Studios, located at 97 … Continue reading
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By calypso, our stories are told (October 1, 2019)
Celebrating Youth in Calypso was the theme of the first concert of Calypso History Month at D Monarchs Pub on Ariapita Avenue. D Monarch’s owner, former National Calypso Monarch, Duane O’Connor, said the event was the first of many carded at the venue for Calypso History Month. Calypsonian Raeann Guerra began the evening with her … Continue reading
Calypsoes to build shelter in Tobago (June 6, 2019)
Calypsonian Georgia “The Messenger” McIntyre is the driving force behind the upcoming concert, Shatter the Silence and Begin the Healing, in collaboration with the NGO Women of Substance (WoS). The proceeds from the concert will go towards a domestic violence shelter being built by WoS in Tobago. Veteran calypsonian Sandra “Singing Sandra” Des Vignes Millington … Continue reading
Arts-in-Action tackles abuse (January 22, 2017)
Artistic Program Manager of the Applied Creative Arts program, Arts-in-Action (AiA), Brendon Lacaille, said the program will be going out into communities in 2017 to offer their services in dealing with issues of gender-based violence (GBV) and violence against women (VAW) where there is a need. The resolve comes following a year of intense training … Continue reading
Why do women stay in violent relationships?(November 22, 2015)
With the recent rise in controversial and heartbreaking cases of domestic violence, the common question has again risen of how women get into these situations and why they stay. Counselor and social activist, Marcus Kissoon said in many cases, psychologists and social workers would say these women may have grown up being abused and so … Continue reading
Take Back the Tech, Don’t Take it Away
Originally posted on Feminist Conversations on Caribbean Life:
Here’s a video clip in which a Trini mom explains that after observing changes in her nine year-old son’s behaviour she became worried that something was wrong. On attending a PTA meeting she heard teacher express concern about boys performing oral sex on each other at school. She…
Is it A Crime to Menstruate? | THE 50 MILLION MISSING CAMPAIGN BLOG ON INDIA’S FEMALE GENDERCIDE
Is it A Crime to Menstruate? | THE 50 MILLION MISSING CAMPAIGN BLOG ON INDIA’S FEMALE GENDERCIDE.
Rapists, Beware: Detroit Prosecutor IDs 21 Attackers in ‘Rape Kit’ Probe – The Daily Beast
We need women like this in legislatures all over the world… and especially here in T&T, people who will make a fuss until something is done. “When Worthy learned of the Detroit pileup from the colleague who discovered it by chance, she says, she demanded immediate action from the police chief at the time. “No … Continue reading
Comments on an open letter to Senator St. Rose Greaves
This open letter to Senator St. Rose Greaves was sent to Verna St. Rose Greaves by the CatchAFyah Caribbean Feminist Movement while she was still Minister of Gender, Youth and Child Development and a Senator in the Government of Trinidad and Tobago. The Network, which is a regional group of feminists, wrote to Verna St. Rose Greaves … Continue reading
I am a woman
I am a woman. I need to be able to walk on the street without having to endure catcalls from the fellas on the corner or random men walking down the street. I need to be able to not have to worry that if I don’t smile, nod, or reply to them, they might start … Continue reading
