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The Mona Academic Conference
2003 will serve as an avenue for the examination and discussion
of issues which are of vital interest and importance in
the evolution of the gender discourse in the Caribbean
and the wider world community. The perspectives and visions
to be shared have the potential to expand the knowledge
base on gender issues, inform policy and interventions
at various levels, in response to the varied and multidimensional
challenges in which gender is the central focus.
Issues that warrant further attention in the programme of teaching,
research and outreach include, among other things:
- the intersection and articulating of gender with socio-economic-status,
race/ethnicity, age, sexual orientation and gender ambiguities
- masculinities
- globalization and macro-economic policies and
- gender and nation/citizenship and Caribbean feminisms
and world religions.
All of these issues are of concern to Caribbean peoples and
relevant policies need to be informed by the scholarship
emanating from the field of Gender Studies.
In an effort to begin the exploration of some of these
areas, the sub-themes around which the Conference programme
is organized are:
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