Deborah McFee
Deborah McFee is currently a PhD candidate at the McCormack Graduate School of Public Policy and Global Studies, Department of Conflict Resolution, Human Security, and Global Governance, University of Massachusetts Boston. Ms McFee has worked for the last sixteen years in the area of women, gender and development. Deborah holds a BA in History and Political Science from The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, and an MA in the Politics of Alternative Development from the Institute of Social Studies, the Hague. Her experience includes research on the impact of small arms and light weapons on women and girls in select communities in Trinidad and Tobago, as well as exploring traditional gender norms as facilitators and products of emerging human security vulnerabilities experienced in Small Island Developing States in the Caribbean. Additionally, she has worked throughout the English speaking Caribbean developing national policies for gender equity and equality. Ms McFee has served as the Outreach and Research Officer at the Institute for Gender and Development Studies since 2007, prior to this she worked in the Gender Affairs Division of the Ministry of Culture and Gender Affairs. Ms McFee has lectured in the areas of Gender and Development and Women, Gender and Public Policy.
