Gender inequality and women's citizenship: evidence from the Caribbean

"Gender Inequality and Women's Citizenship combines cases across Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago to highlight the range of systemic inequalities that impact women in the Anglo-Caribbean. Using empirical and secondary data and drawing on feminist theoretical insights, Yonique Campbell and Tracy-Ann Johnson-Myers examine a range of pertinent and intersecting social, political and economic challenges facing women in the Anglo-Caribbean. The issues explored include gender-based violence, barriers to women in politics, the effects of COVID-19 on women, and debates around the illegality of abortion rights and failure to protect the health of women by allowing them to exercise autonomy over their bodies. They raise questions about systemic inequalities resulting from patriarchal gender relations, heteronormativity, women's social and economic status, and state inaction. This book is unique in its interdisciplinary analysis of gender inequality in the Anglo-Caribbean, mapping the intersection of women's multiple identities and positionalities to determine the obstacles they encounter. It will be of interest to scholars and researchers of International Relations, Caribbean Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Development Studies, Sociology and Anthropology"--

Cover -- Endorsement -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction: Gender Challenges in the Caribbean -- Introduction -- Intersectionality -- Women's Citizenship -- Women's Agency -- Chapter Overviews -- 2. Barriers, Biases, Boys' Club: A Qualitative Study of the Underrepresentation of Female Politicians in Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago -- Introduction -- Barriers to Women in Politics Globally -- Supply-Side Barriers to Women's Political Representation -- Demand-Side Barriers -- Barriers to Women in Politics: Caribbean Perspectives -- Women in Politics in the Anglo-Caribbean: A Historical Overview -- Results/Findings: Challenges and Deterrents for Female Politicians in the Caribbean -- Double Bind: Domestic Roles/Responsibilities -- Lack of Networks and Support -- Political Financing/Funding -- Role Congruency and Gender Stereotypes -- Violence against Female Politicians in the Anglo-Caribbean -- Solutions to Increasing Women's Political Participation in the Anglo-Caribbean -- Assets: The Recipe to Survive Politics as a Woman -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 3. Debating the Illegality of Abortion Rights in Jamaica: Challenges for Gender Equality and Collaborative Governance Approaches -- Introduction -- The Illegality of Abortion in Jamaica and Its Consequences -- Collaborative Governance -- Abortion and Collaborative Governance -- Failure of Collaborative Governance? Power, the Christian Lobby and the Election Cycle -- State Power -- Public Opinion -- The Christian Lobby -- The Political Cycle -- Conclusion -- 4. The Invisibility of LGBTQ Women in Violence against Women Legislation in the Anglo-Caribbean: An Intersectional Analysis -- Introduction -- Gender-Based Violence -- Violence against Women in the Caribbean.