ABSTRACT
This chapter proposes that island feminisms should be used as a prompt for island studies to inhere social justice and gender equity concerns of islanders into island studies scholarship. To evaluate the state and the trajectory of island scholarship in connection to these issues, I make a three-part assessment. First, I assess authorship by gender of two of the most widely recognised journals within Island Studies, Shima and Island Studies Journal and also evaluate the content over a ten-year period (2008–2018) via a keyword search and enumeration of gender related articles. I then examine United Nations gender statistics on Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to evaluate the extent of gender equity on these islands, highlighting the need for island research that makes gender a point of focus. Finally, I conclude by reviewing gender related social movements in several island regions to highlight the need for scholarship based on the concerns of grassroots activists.
