‘Water is life’: AI, and the human cost of data centers
On July 10th, Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s government signed deals respectively with US companies Ernst and Young LLP, and Hummingbird AI Holdings…
IWD 2026 Giving to Gain: Why Trinidad and Tobago Needs a Menstrual Equity Act🩸
By Chanelle Beatrice, Co-Founder & Executive Director, Feminitt Caribbean
The theme of International Women’s Day this year, “Give to Gain”, reminds us that equality requires deliberate investment. When governments invest in menstrual equity, the gains ripple across society.
Reclaiming Rest is Reclaiming Resistance: For a Future That Endures
By Apphia Barton
Rest as resistance is a refusal to accept that exhaustion is the price of commitment…The expectation to remain perpetually available, emotionally responsive, and politically engaged mirrors the same extractive logics feminism seeks to dismantle. Burnout, then, is not evidence of weakness. It is evidence of sustained exposure to systems that demand output without adequate care, and support.
Foreign Capital, Local Cost: Lives lost and livelihoods damaged in the wreckage of social injustices - Hurricane Melissa in the Caribbean
By Nyala Thompson Grunwald
The last week of October, our region once again paid the price for a crisis fabricated not from our yard - foreign capital. Hurricane Melissa hit notably Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba and Dominican Republic from…
Bridges of Resistance, building together: We All Stand With Sudan
By Nyala Thompson Grunwald
Disclaimer: several forms of GBV, including rape and sexual assault are discussed in this blog, please be caring with yourselves when reading. Sudan is “a living story of hope”, with the highest mass displacement crisis in the world currently…
Ain’t I A Woman Too? Groundings in Black feminism and Gender-Based Violence through bell hooks
By Nyala Thompson Grunwald
Disclaimer: several forms of GBV, including rape and sexual assault are discussed in this blog, please be caring with yourselves when reading. Gender-based violence underscores every part of global connecting crises today…
Interwoven: Stitching Together Climate Justice and Menstrual Equity
By Apphia Barton
On May 28th, 2025, as part of Feminitt Caribbean’s Safe Cycle Week, Interwoven invited attendees into a space of possibility…
Safe Cycle Week Matters Now More Than Ever
By Apphia Barton
There’s something quietly radical about naming an event “Per¡od.” Not in a whisper. Not hidden behind euphemisms. But bold, clear, and loud…
Safe Cycle Week: Commemorating Menstrual Hygiene Day 2025
Feminitt Caribbean is excited to announce the launch of “Safe Cycle Week” held in Trinidad and Tobago from May 24-29, 2025, to join the global commemoration of Menstrual Hygiene Day, annually recognised on May 28. “Safe Cycle Week” by Feminitt is a string of events under its flagship programme, Safe Cycle established in 2020.
From the Jordan River to the Caribbean Sea: Building Solidarity
By Nyala Thompson Grundwald
From the Jordan River to the Caribbean Sea, our advocacy is intersectional, actively engaging with all…
Don’t Ignore Your Body: Your Period isn’t Supposed to Hurt THAT Much
By Apphia Barton
For generations, people with periods have been told to “tough it out” and that period pain is just…
Feminitt: Five Years Strong and Growing!
By Nyala Thompson
Today Feminitt Caribbean celebrates five years of transformative work and collective advocacy...
From Education to Legislation: Menstrual Health Education and Free Period Product Legislation's role developing Caribbean students
By Nyala Thompson Grunwald and Apphia Barton
In the Caribbean, social norms and economic disparities often intersect, like, the importance of menstrual health education and access to...
Break the Stigma, Pass the Pad: Paving a Period-Friendly T&T for Students
By Chanelle Beatrice
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago – 7th August 2024 Feminitt Caribbean is excited to announce the launch of “Break the Stigma, Pass the...
CSE: Bridging the gap between workplace policy and practice
By Scott Marchack
As a master’s student in a Work, Organizational, and Personnel Psychology (WOP-P) program, I’m invested in how organizations can create...
Foreign Capital: Hurricane Beryl and the Intersections of Climate Justice and Gender Justice
By Nyala Thompson Grunwald
Throughout the week that Hurricane Beryl passed through the Caribbean, I was lucky enough to not be there at the time. However a whole...
Imagining an equitable period-friendly Trinidad and Tobago
By Apphia Barton
A transformative future reflects significant change – leading to improved well-being, equity, sustainability, and progress for all people...