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Each year, participants
in the Mona Academic Conference examine a theme of relevance and
importance to the Caribbean region and the international community.
In 2003, the theme for the Mona Academic Conference is Gender in
the 21st Century: Perspectives, Visions, and Possibilities. The
selection of this theme is significant since 2003 marks the tenth
anniversary of the introduction of Gender Studies at The University
of the West Indies and the establishment of the Centre for Gender
and Development Studies. It also honours the activism and work of
the pioneers in the field who worked assiduously from 1982 in Women
and Development Studies groups, carrying out research, teaching
courses, seeking funding and working with agencies involved in furthering
the rights of women – from policy making groups to community-based
organizations, all having the common objective of improving the
status of women's lives |
