Systemic Pollution in the Antilles
Monday, March 31, 2025 | 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM EDT | Intercultural Center, Room 241 (Center for Contemporary Arabic Studies)
Lecture and Discussion: Systemic Pollution in the Antilles: When the Law Puts Social Justice to the Test
Hosted by Georgetown University’s Gender+ Justice Initiative, Earth Commons, Global Health Institute, French and Francophone Studies Department, Women’s and Gender Studies and Culture and Politics
Join Jessica Oublié, author of Toxic Tropics , for a lecture on the intersection of gender, health, and environmental justice in Guadeloupe and Martinique. She will examine the long-term impact of the Chlordécone crisis—a toxic pesticide used in the Caribbean for decades—on public health and the environment. Oublié will explore how gender shapes medical treatment, reproductive health, and social dynamics, as well as the pivotal role of women in food practices, activism, and policy responses such as the Chlordécone Plan. Through this discussion, she highlights the urgent need for both ecological and gender justice in the region.
Free and open to all.
Accommodations requests should be made to genderjustice@georgetown.edu