Peggy Antrobus

Since the 1970s Peggy Antrobus has worked for the advancement of women’s rights and development establishing many programs, including the Jamaica Women’s Bureau; the Women & Development (WAND) Unit at UWI, Barbados; the Caribbean Association for Feminist Research & Action (CAFRA); and the network of Third World Women, DAWN (Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era) of which she was a founding member and General Coordinator from 1990-96. (See the History of DAWN https://dawnnet.org/about/history/)

She has contributed chapters and articles to many publications and her book, The Global Women’s Movement: Origins, Issues and Strategies, was published by Zed Books in 2004. Her book is an analytical and historical overview of global feminism and the international women's movement.

Learn more about her at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peggy_Antrobus

Select Works

Antrobus, Peggy. (2019). The empowerment of women." In The women and international development annual, pp. 189-207. Routledge.

Antrobus, Peggy. (2015). DAWN, the third world feminist network: Upturning hierarchies.

Bunch, Charlotte, Peggy Antrobus, Samantha Frost, and Niamh Reilly. (2014). International networking for women's human rights." In Global citizen action, pp. 217-229. Routledge.

Antrobus, Peggy. (2011). The Global Women’s movement: Origins, Issues and Strategies. Global activism Reader: 163-189.
Antrobus, Peggy (2008). The global women's movement: Origins, issues and strategies. Bloomsbury Publishing.
Rowley, Michelle, and Peggy Antrobus. (2007). Feminist visions for women in a new era: An interview with Peggy Antrobus. Feminist Studies 33, no. 1: 64-87.

Alloo, Fatma, Peggy Antrobus, Robert J. Berg, Louis Emmerij, Arturo Escobar, Gustavo Esteva, Jessica Horn (2007). Reflections on 50 years of Development. Development 50, no. Suppl 1: 4-32.

Antrobus, Peggy. (2006) Gender equality in the new millennium: Goal or gimmick?. Caribbean Quarterly 52, no. 2-3: 39-50.
Reddock, Rhoda. (2006). Peggy Antrobus - Development and Change 37, no. 6: 1365-1377.

Antrobus, Peggy. (2005). Critiquing the MDGs from a Caribbean perspective 1." Gender & Development 13, no. 1: 94-104.
Antrobus, Peggy. (2002). Feminism as transformational politics: Towards possibilities for another world." Development 45, no. 2: 46-52.

Antrobus, Peggy. (2001). Women and Children's Well-being in the Age of Globalization: A focus on St Vincent and the Grenadines and small island developing states. Development 44, no. 2: 53-57.

Antrobus, Peggy. (2001) Women's defense of local politics in the face of structural adjustment and globalization. Canadian Journal of Development Studies/Revue canadienne d'études du développement 22, no. 4 (2001): 957-963.

Antrobus, Peggy. (2000). Transformational leadership: Advancing the agenda for gender justice." Gender & Development 8, no. 3: 50-56.

Antrobus, Peggy (2000). The Rise and Fall of Feminist Politics in the Caribbean Women's Movement, 1975-1995. Centre for Gender and Development Studies, University of the West Indies.

Antrobus, Peggy. (1995). Women in the Caribbean: The quadruple burden of gender, race, class and imperialism. Connecting across cultures and continents: Black women speak out on identity, race and development: 53-60.

Antrobus, Peggy. (1995). United Nations' Conferences: A Framework for Feminist Research and Action. Caribbean Studies: 21-29.

Antrobus, Peggy. (1994). The road to Cairo." Gender & Development 2, no. 2: 55-56.

Antrobus, Peggy. (1993). Structural adjustment: cure or curse? Implications for Caribbean development." Gender & Development 1, no. 3: 13-18.

Antrobus, Peggy. (1992). Women and the informal sector: Priorities for socially sustainable development. Development 3: 54-56.

Antrobus, Peggy. (1989). Gender implications of the development crisis. Beckford and Girvan: 145-60.

Antrobus, Peggy. (1989). Crisis, challenge and the experiences of Caribbean women." Caribbean Quarterly 35, no. 1-2: 17-28.

Antrobus, Peggy. (1987). Funding for NGOs: Issues and options. World Development 15: 95-102.

Antrobus, Peggy. (1987). Feminist issues in development." World Education Reports 27: 5-8.