Adolescent Pregnancy Intervention: The Need for Comprehensive Sexuality Education
By Vandana M. Kissoon Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Week is celebrated during the month of October annually. The aim of this is to...
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Oct 18, 20215 min read
Check yuh Bits: Breast Health and Breast Cancer Awareness
By Nyala Thompson Grunwald Women account for 14% – 30% of breast cancer deaths in the Caribbean. For the purposes of this article, when I...
Oct 11, 20216 min read
Maintaining Menstruals and Mental: The Reality of the much mocked ‘mood swings’ at the I
By Kela S. Roberts It’s something you really can’t explain. Language, as useful as it might be, can’t really encapsulate the phantom...
Oct 4, 20214 min read
Filling the Gaps: Improving Our Approach to SRHR
By Vandana M Kissoon Intergovernmental and humanitarian organizations have been lobbying for the implementation of comprehensive sexual...
Sep 27, 20215 min read
Mythbusting Xenophobic Stereotypes in Trinidad and Tobago
By Judy Liverpool As a country that prides itself on inclusion and diversity, where it’s even mentioned in our national anthem, “where...
Sep 20, 20215 min read
Shifting Planes, Shifting Tides: Migration and Healthcare Access
By Nyala Thompson Grunwald Accessibility, affordability, acceptability. According to Yip-Ching Yu’s citation of the World Health...
Sep 13, 20217 min read
Stories from the Waterfronts- Migration, Sex Workers and Trinbagonian Culture
By Kela S. Roberts “We were waiting at the beach around 3am, everyone is soaking wet, the girls are tired, but we couldn’t rest we had to...
Sep 6, 20214 min read
Sex Work is Real Work: The need for Rights and Inclusion
By Shanna- Kay Gillespie Sex work is the exchange of sexual services, production and material consumption. Forms of sex work include...
Aug 30, 20214 min read
Cultural Policy: Attempts to reconstruct Caribbeanness
By Shari Bissoondatt The Caribbean’s cultural identity has been prescribed by its colonial masters. Because of this, the region suffers...
Jul 29, 202111 min read
Where Haiti is today and the role CARICOM can play in its future.
By Marc Skinner and Anderson Pierre According to an IHSI report published in 2015, the Haitian population is estimated at 10,911,819...
Jul 26, 20214 min read
Accessing Health Care while being a Gender and Sexual Minority
By Vandana M Kissoon Access to proper healthcare services and facilities may arguably be one of the most important aspects of human...
Jul 16, 20215 min read
Exploring Queer Caribbean Leaders in Pride
By Shanna-kay Gillespie The Caribbean for some is often seen as a place for relaxation, serenity/ peace however this can be quite the...
Jul 9, 20214 min read
Decolonising Queerness
By Kela S. Roberts Queerness, exists in the nebulous space between reality and an almost alien fiction in the Caribbean region. It is...
Jul 7, 20213 min read
‘Code Red’ : Sustainability and Education in the Feminitt Safe Cycle Campaign
by Nyala Thompson Grunwald Code Red. Roses, Red Car, Shark Week, Flow, Niagara Falls… There are several expressions that menstruating...
Jul 6, 20213 min read
Sustainability and Menstrual Products
by Shalinee Bahadur A popular buzzword we often hear during environmental conversations is ‘Sustainability’. Sustainable development...
Jul 5, 20214 min read
The Safe Cycle Project
by Vandana M Kissoon What is ‘Period Poverty? ‘Period Poverty’ describes the struggle faced by menstruating persons when they are unable...
Jun 28, 20212 min read
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Feminitt Caribbean is a registered non-governmental organisation based in Trinidad and Tobago. We are dedicated towards advancing Gender...
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