Why The Women of The Caribbean Are Devalued

How would you feel if you were less likely to have access to something as valuable as a pension scheme because of your gender? Imagine if this was the case, and you lived longer than the opposite sex; would you feel valued? What if your country failed to sign a protocol to commit to reducing the gender based discrimination that you faced; this might suggest that your existence is not of much importance. The intersection where a woman of colour’s oppression meets feminism, looks different on the Caribbean islands when compared to Latin America, which is discussed in my essay <a href="https://medium.com/fourth-wave/intersection-where-class-meets-feminism-are-the-women-of-latin-america-class-less-dc3ff334e521" rel="noopener">The Intersection Where Class Meets Feminism: Are The Women of Latin America Class-less?</a>, or South Korea, which is discussed in <a href="https://medium.com/fourth-wave/where-culture-meets-feminism-how-patriarchy-oppresses-korean-women-2f6f1a853ab7" rel="noopener">When Feminism Meets Culture: How Patriarchy Oppresses Korean Women</a>. And certainly when we de-centre oppression from the traditional, white, feminist point of view we see something unique, shocking, and eye-opening. The question is, are you prepared to see it? And not make excuses for it? <a href="https://medium.com/fourth-wave/why-the-women-of-the-caribbean-are-devalued-83dcb545f7ea">Read More</a>