CAUSES@ANTIGUANICE.COM

NEWS AND SPECIALS

Back to Causes@antiguanice.com

CATCHAFYAH TO LAUNCH EYE2EYE PROJECT
Wednesday 4th September 2013

Delegates at the first CatchAFyah workshop held in Barbados in  May 2012

As the CatchAFyah Caribbean Feminist Network celebrates its first year it will be taking a strong anti-violence message to the blocks, board rooms and blackberries across the region with its innovative Eye2Eye project.

The Eye2Eye project will see the production of a regional campaign and activist toolkit to be used across communities and social and mainstream media in the region. Central to the campaign are infographics aimed at visualizing data and stories about gender-based violence.
 
Zahra Jacobs, the project’s 27-year old Administrator from St. Kitts and Nevis, stated, “The aim of this project is to support the multiple and varied anti-violence efforts across the region by making accurate data about gender-based violence in the Caribbean available to both activists and the general public. It’s time for a shift in the way we talk about violence against women and girls in the region. Gender-based violence is complex and multi-faceted. We want to show violence in its complexity and also demonstrate why gender equality is important for women and men, boys and girls.”
 
The Eye2Eye project beat out hundreds of others from across the world to receive a grant from the FRIDA Young Feminist Fund. FRIDA funds feminist activism by young women and transgender persons across the globe. The 2013 grantees hail from Trinidad & Tobago, Brazil, Nicaragua, Mexico, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Slovenia, Romania, Burundi, Nigeria, Zimbabwe and Vietnam. Eye2Eye is the only multi-country project to receive funding.
 
The project will be launched on November 25 in all countries where the CatchAFyah Caribbean Feminist Network has membership and will be rolled out in the upcoming months. “The project is designed as one in which everyone can participate. CatchAFyah members will work with local activists to lead community projects and discussions informed by evidence and stories from the Caribbean. It is a project that can be scaled up and we welcome collaboration with women’s and men’s organisations, international organisations, community groups and churches,” Jacobs noted.
 
CatchAFyah Caribbean Feminist Network compromises of over 25 feminist and LGBT rights advocates and organizations from Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, the Bahamas, Belize, Guyana, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Kitts and Nevis, Grenada, St. Lucia, Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago and Haiti.

Click here for all News and Specials for Causes@antiguanice.com

 
connect with antiguanice.com
FacebookTwitterYoutubeNewsletterRSS

contact
NAME: Daydre Daley
TEL: (268) 561-0405
CELL: (268) 726-3918
EMAIL: causes@antiguanice.com
LOCATION: 27 View Map

news and specials

CRIME STOPPERS LAUNCH UPDATE

Thursday 2nd September 2021
The ABHTA is pleased to again partner with the Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda to bring th...
Read More

RELIEF DRIVE FOR ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES

Wednesday 14th April 2021
Let's help those impacted by donating to the relief funds. See drop off points and items most needed...
Read More

NATIONAL SOLID WASTE COLLECTION SCHEDULE FOR ENGLISH HARBOUR

Tuesday 2nd June 2020
Collection is set for Thursday in Piccadilly, and Friday in Horsford Hill, Mamora Bay, Falmouth and ...
Read More

ANTIGUA & BARBUDA SUPPORT AND REFERRAL CENTRE SERVICES

Tuesday 21st April 2020
Individuals in abusive relationships who need support are asked to reach out to the 24/7 hotline for...
Read More

TELECOUNSELLING AVAILABLE

Monday 20th April 2020
If you, or someone you know need to speak with a counsellor during these difficult times, please cal...
Read More

All News Stories and Specials


photo gallery
Help Haiti Benefit - Nelson's Dockyard 23rd January 2010 click here View Image Gallery
Cruise to Run click here View Image Gallery

video
Claremont Farms 2010