Our Work

WomanzVue was launched on the 15th September 2020 to mark the birth date of Dr McClymont’s muse, the Jamaican-born writer Claude McKay (15 September 1889). You will see from the publicity flyers (2020-to the present) that the organisation aims to engage with historical and current issues. For example, following the outcry surrounding the “Child Q” safeguarding failures case, WomanzVue hosted a snap discussion on 24 March 2022, titled “Strip and Search – the Adultification of Black Children”. This timely event attracted over 500 attendees to the then-virtual platform.

Black History Month: “Righting History”

With a focus on teaching and celebrating Black History all year round, WomanzVue is a pan-African organisation that has attracted some of the leading community historians and academics in the UK (Jamaica and in the USA) who are “righting history”, rather than “re-writing history”.

Looking back, past topics have included “Race, the Monarchy and the Commonwealth”, “Racism, Underachievement and Decolonising the Curriculum”, the “Sewell Report: a Roundtable Discussion” (with a follow up session by popular demand). Other events have included Steve McQueen’s TV documentary, “Subnormal: Windrush Children”, as well as “Commemorating the 73rd Anniversary of Windrush” in June 2021.

Sponsorship: The Weekly Gleaner

In celebration of The Weekly Gleaner UK’s 70th anniversary, on 28th October 2021, Dr McClymont moderated their discussion: “Is Black History Month Still Relevant?” Following the success of this online discussion, on 10th December 2021, Dr McClymont was invited to moderate The Gleaner’s virtual discussion: “Should Jamaica Become a Republic?”

 International Women’s Day

On 7th March 2021, WomanzVue hosted its first International Women’s Day virtual discussion. As part of the calendar of annual events, in March 2022 WomanzVue hosted its second IWD event. Speakers included Ambassador Aloun Ndomet-Assamba (former High Commissioner for Jamaica/UK), Professor Joan Anim-Addo (Professor of Caribbean Literature and Culture in the English and Creative Writing Department at Goldsmiths, University of London), and Barbara Blake Hannah O.D (the first UK Black female on-camera reporter for the current affairs programme Today, 1968).

Promoting Black Writers

As a womanist writer/mentor/literary activist, Dr McClymont uses WomanzVue to provide a safe space for established and up-and-coming Black writers to promote their publications. Working in partnership with external agents, and in her role as creative writing tutor, Dr. McClymont regularly facilitates creative writing courses in libraries and community settings.

Contact Us

If you would like to be informed of future events/writing workshops, please visit the Contact Us page and complete our email form.