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Original Articles

Becoming Red Thread Women: Alternative Visions of Gendered Politics in Post-independence Guyana

Pages 57-82 | Published online: 18 Apr 2007

References

Archives

  • Red Thread Women's Development Organisation, Georgetown, Guyana.
  • Sistren Theatre Collective, Kingston, Jamaica.
  • Women and Development Documentation Centre, Cavehill, Barbados.
  • Working People's Alliance, Georgetown, Guyana.

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Interviews (by author)

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