WomenSpeak

May 1st, 2011 at 7:07PM

Acclaimed Caribbean Women Writers at the Bocas Lit Fest 2011 in Trinidad and Tobago talk about writing as a tool for personal growth and processing difficult experiences and for creating social change. More in depth comments from these writers to come in future videos.

Learn more about How/Why to Tell Your Story at http://womenspeak.tumblr.com/yourstory

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March 21st, 2011 at 3:06PM

Each of us has the power to make even small changes that can improve our lives and the lives of other women. It’s not always an easy thing to do, but the more women learn about their rights; the more they are comfortable speaking out about issues of discrimination; and the more the feel like they have a community of support, the easier it will become. —

Quote: Simone Leid, Founder, The WomenSpeak Project

Leigh-Ann Worrell writes about The WomenSpeak Project on the Commonwealth Youth Blog. Click source link at right to go to the full article.

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March 8th, 2011 at 5:12AM

International Women’s Day 2011

Today, many women in Trinidad and Tobago are jumping and dancing and revelling in the spirit of ‘freeness’ on this Carnival Tuesday. Many of them have no idea that it’s also the 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day. And perhaps in one way this a good thing: that women feel so comfortable in their skins; free to roam the streets in various levels of dress or ‘undress’; to sing, to dance, to ‘wine’ down to the ground without fear of judgement or reproach; free from the overwhelming responsibility of work and caring for the family. Surely, such an exuberant expression of women’s freedom is in fact the real significance and true celebration of International Women’s Day.

But what happens come Ash Wednesday when women will resume their regular lives?

Why WomenSpeak Matters

The WomenSpeak Project’s Mission is to provide a forum for women to tell their stories of discrimination and the ways it has affected them.

Despite the many advances made by women, discrimination still exists, often in ways we don’t fully realise becasue we have to come to accept these things as ‘normal’ or ‘just the way things are’.

By sharing their stories, women see that they are not alone and that many, many other women have had similar experiences.

The WomenSpeak Project believes that this sharing of experiences will arouse a collective consciousness that will result in the following:

1. Introspection; a way for women to verbalise and ‘make sense’ of the incidents that have happened to them.