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Survival stories: challenges facing youth in Trinidad and Tobago

Gabrielle Jamela Hosein

Centre for Gender and Development Studies, University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago

While marginalisation is a term usually used to refer to the experience of young Caribbean men, it is women who are the poorest and most economically exploited. Youth activists in Trinidad are primarily focused on sexual and reproductive health issues but do not generally address issues to do with women's rights and equity, while feminist organisations focus on personal issues and do not make links with the wider political context. At the moment, it is the land rights movements and particularly the opposition to the construction of aluminium smelters that offer the best hope for politicising, empowering and uniting young men and women in the Caribbean.

Key Words: land rights • marginalisation • sexual health • women's movement • youth activism

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  • I would like to thank youth activists Akins Vidalle, Ardeen Sirjoo, Attillah Springer, Cedrianne Martin, Shivonne Du Barry and Svenn Miki Grant for the opportunity to interview them. My thanks also go to Ivory Hayes and Muhammad Muwakil for their contributions to this piece.

Race & Class, Vol. 49, No. 2, 125-130 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/03063968070490020609


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