A Contribution to Feminist Organizing from the South (DAWN)

Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era

Authors

  • Peggy Antrobus

Abstract

This contribution offers excerpts of a talk by Caribbean feminist, Peggy Antrobus, addressing the Maternal Gift Economy at a feminist Salon in January 2024.1 She identifies her life-changing experience as part of the network of feminist researchers and activists from the Global South, Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN).


Cette contribution présente des extraits d’une conférence de la féministe caribéenne Peggy Antrobus portant sur l’économie du
don maternel, prononcée lors d’un salon féministe en janvier 2024. Elle y identifie comme expérience déterminante son engagement au sein du réseau de chercheuses et d’activistes féministes du Sud global, Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN).

Canadian Woman Studies, les cahiers de la femme, volume 38, numbers 1 and 2. A York University Publication, Articles, Poetry, Art, Book reviews, for the feminist reader. Visionary Feminisms 1. Guest editors: Leigh Brownhill, Angela Miles, Kimberly Todd, Njoki WaneThe cover shows a painting of a woman dressed in read and wearing a headscarf, surrounded by bright yellow stars. She is facing left and has one arm outstretched as though she is flying.

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Published

2026-06-18

How to Cite

Antrobus, P. (2026). A Contribution to Feminist Organizing from the South (DAWN): Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era. Canadian Woman Studies Les Cahiers De La Femme, 38(1,2), 7–10. Retrieved from https://cws.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/cws/article/view/37864

Issue

Vol. 38 No. 1,2 (2026): Visionary Feminisms I

Section

Feminist Movements: Theorizing the Personal and Political