General Notices

Call for Submissions | Geographies of Gender-Based Violence in the C'bean

Posted Thursday, October 15, 2026


The Institute for Gender and Development Studies (IGDS), St. Augustine Unit, invites submissions for a special issue of the Caribbean Review of Gender Studies (CRGS) titled Geographies of Gender-Based Violence in the Caribbean: Bodies, Institutions, Colonial Legacies.

Guest edited by Dr. Sabine Lamour, Assistant Professor at the Université de Montréal, this special issue explores gender-based violence in the Caribbean, examining its connections to colonial histories, institutional structures, racial and economic inequalities, and lived experiences.

Submissions are welcomed from a range of disciplines and perspectives, with particular interest in structural violence, institutional racism, everyday experiences of gender-based violence, feminist resistance and practices of care.

Important Dates

-          Abstract Submission Deadline: Wednesday, January 6, 2027

-          Abstract Length: 200–250 words

Contributions may include research articles, visual essays, interviews, book reviews, literary analyses and creative works.

For full details on the thematic areas, submission requirements and publication timeline, please click here to view the Call for Submissions.

For further details, send an email to STA-igds.crgs@uwi.edu