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      “It is interesting to speculate how it developed that in two of the most anti-feminist institutions — the church and the law court — the men are wearing the dresses!” — Florynce Kennedy   Prochoice: Respecting Human Rights Since the 1970s, in Jamaica, Governments have skirted...

Dr Peter Philips, Mr dependable, the man who has shone in every Cabinet position he has held, has always been a capable pair of hands in which a problem can be placed. He has, in the past, shown that he is more than flexible and able to think outside...

  What’s going on with Christianity? More specifically, what is going on with the major traditional sects of Christianity and why is it that they are visibly dying? Why is it that this religion of two millennia, the major sects which count billions as their members, the religion which...

Children don’t stay little forever. There will come a time when they will know, without you telling them about the sperm and egg donors whose total contribution to their existence is their DNA. When John Crow nyam out yuh conscience, and innocent children are made to suffer because you...

Nanny’s Watch Hill was a focal point. Green and serene, it stands testimony to a free Maroon society. Seemingly sliced in half from its pinnacle to its base, we were led to imagine the tactician and warrior woman, Nanny, at the top, watching the menacing movements of the British...

There is a saying in South Africa which goes “If you strike a woman, you strike a rock.”  Winnie Madikizela Mandela was a rock.  She proved to be tougher than a rock and over time has cemented her title as ‘Mother of the Nation of South Africa’. Why is...

  It’s that time of year again when many people trumpet noise about February being ‘Black History Month’ and in so doing they simply warm over and feed us on the achievements of the same people year after year. Yet, they fail to give accolades and credibility to our...

(The article below is taken from a talk prepared by Stacey Mitchell for World Religion Day 2018 which draws heavily on an October 1985 document called the Promise of World Peace)   The celebration of World Religion Day takes place against a backdrop where religion and religious institutions are...

In 2001, controversy linking gender and corruption became the burning issue in anti-corruption policy debate. Two sets of researchers published works that fuelled the great debate. Dollar et al published: “Are women really the ‘fairer’ sex? Corruption and women in government” and Swamy et al published “Gender and Corruption.”...