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Africans were taken against their will and brought to the Caribbean and America to work in the plantation, during this period of slavery people were told that Africans were naturally lazy and that they were less  intelligent than whites.These ideas were backed by church leaders, writers and academics resulting in the idea that whites were of a superior race .

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The belief that one race is superior over another, resulting to prejudice and discrimination directed to people of different race or ethnicity

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A region shaped by our similar historical experiences such as  European colonisation,slavery and indentureship.

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An area where countries and Islands are touched by the Caribbean Sea

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Gender Inequality Historical Perspective 

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Gender Inequality Historical Perspective 

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The Caribbean indigenous people lived in patriarchal societies where men responsible for providing their families and defence of the villages ,men were usually the ones in charge of political, religious and judicial functions while women were subordinate to men and only few were position of power.Women in those patriarchal societies were usually responsible for household activities such as rearing children and preparation of meals.

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The Legal, social and cultural situation in which sex and/or gender determine different rights and dignity for women and men, resulting in different living experiences.The inequality affects a person's status in society( in some society), it affects a person in the labour market, their economic power , and decision-making.

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Religion is simply defined as the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods.
Religious Intolerance is when a group specifically refuses to tolerate practices, persons or beliefs on religious grounds.

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Colonisation was partly used as means sanctify Christianity global dominance as Native People found in any new land was forced to convert to Christianity.

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The Caribbean region in contemporary society is predominantly made of African individuals, however some countries are made up of individuals of Indian or Chinese descent.In Trinidad and Tobago there are two main political parties made up two main ethnic groups African and East Indian and when its election time race takes centre stage in both parties. Race also still sometimes cause individuals to prejudice and judge a person social class for example in Trinidad you may assume that white person might be a foreign worker and wealthier than the average Trinidadian.

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The Caribbean gaps still exist  in the areas of human and physical capital endowments, in economic opportunities however the Caribbean has made significant progress in gender equality in recent years, particularly in women’s education and their participation in the labour force. In  article done by The World Bank in 2018 is listed  different women "who are breaking the glass ceiling in their own way"  as they venture into male dominated fields, one of the women is trained in construction makes and living through construction , while another women is entrepreneur.

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In the Caribbean the region is predominantly made up christian individuals with large population of Hindu and Muslim located in Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana and Suriname. An example of religious intolerance In Trinidad and Tobago in 1990 there was an attempted coup in which parliament and national TV station was overtaken as the Jamaal al Muslimeen demanded respect for the Muslim minority, however in recent times Caribbean citizen have become more accepting of various religion which exist in the region even partaking in each other culture for example Divali and Phagwa.

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Gender Inequality in the Caribbean has been influenced  African , European and  as well as indigenous people. The various and cultural and ethnic group which existed and still exist shaped the idea of what is a man or a woman as the expected gender roles.
The various groups ethnic groups also shaped the various types of religious groups which is seen in the region as many African were forced to convert to Christianity some aspects still lived on into complementary society and all of the different religion from the Africans,  European and Indian has developed into part of our Caribbean Identity.