Caribbean Association for Feminist Research and Action

The regional network, which serves as an umbrella organization for progressive feminist groups in over a dozen countries, is based in Castries, St.

[4] Its founders included Peggy Antrobus, Joan French, Rawwida Baksh, Honor Ford-Smith, Sonia Cuales, and Rhoda Reddock.

[5] The organization was formed in response to both the wave of feminist activism in that period and the discomfort some women felt in the leftist political groups of the day.

[7] Its most active period was the late 1980s and the 1990s, although it remains a significant player on women's issues in various Caribbean countries.

[8][4] The organization currently includes representatives from 17 constituencies: the Bahamas, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, St. Lucia, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, the Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and the U.S Virgin Islands.