Kristeena Monteith

 
 

HI, I’M KRISTEENA

Caribbean feminist, researcher and creative media and development specialist researching social movements, their technological and political contexts and the lived experiences of the activists leading them.

 

About me

Currently, I am a Ph.D Candidate in the Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science researching how Caribbean feminists navigate and address digital, social and political inequalities in their organising. I am also a GTA (Graduate Teaching Assistant) teaching undergrads and masters students across the Media and Sociology departments.

Previously I spent 11 years in media, communication and development producing social impact media and community projects, leading strategic comms on environmental projects at UNEP, and working alongside LBTQ Jamaicans as a feminist organiser.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

writing & work

Activist/Designer: Let’s talk abortions

Abortions are restricted in Jamaica. In the Offences Against the Persons Act (Section 72 and 73 to be exact), a person can be imprisoned for life for getting an abortion and can be imprisoned for up to three years for assisting someone with an abortion.

Creative Director: A transmasculine healthcare journey

Watch as Lando and Saint-Saëns bravely share their experiences as trans-masculine people, shining a light on the challenges they face and advocating for sexual and reproductive health rights.

Writer/Researcher: Writing about organising online

It’s issues like these that activists and collectives that occupy, shape and move through digital space must take into consideration in their ethics. What are the foundations of the spaces we use to build avenues for connection, identity expression, education and mobilisation?

 
 

updates

Updates
Published! Investigating experiences of racialised early career scholars at LSE with Dr. Moé Suzuki

Moé and I spent a year exploring what it’s like to be a ‘non-white’ early career researcher at an elite university like LSE. Read the official report here.

PUBLISHED! Writing about Caribbean Feminist Mobilizations

This year I joined 9 feminists in partnering with HEINRICH-BÖLL-STIFTUNG to write about feminist mobilizations in our countries/regions!

Resourcing Caribbean journalists in covering energy transitions in the region with Climate Tracker

For three months this year I worked with Climate Tracker in curating innovative workshops engaging Caribbean journalists in covering the Caribbean energy transition.

Mentoring the next generation of young women climate activists with Restless Development & GirlsCARE

I’ve had multiple amazing opportunities to mentor young women this year and it’s been incredibly fulfilling in ways I didn’t anticipate.