Barbara Bailey
Barbara Bailey was the first regional coordinator of the Institute (formerly Centre) for Gender and Development Studies, The UWI between 1995 and 2010. Prior to that she was the Specialist Lecturer in Curriculum Studies in the School of Education, Mona. Her teaching and research focused on gender and education, with particular emphasis on gender issues in education and the relationship of educational outputs to outcomes in the economic, social and political spheres for either sex. She has published a number of articles addressing various issues related to this topic including a monograph in a series put out by UNESCO as part of the ‘Education for All in the Caribbean Assessment 2000’ titled Gender and education in Jamaica: What about the boys? She has been part of the international women’s movement since the 1980‘s. She was a member of the Government of Jamaica’s delegation to the 3rd World Conference in Nairobi, Kenya, the 1995 4th World Conference in Beijing, China and the 2000 Beijing +5 Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Over the period 2000 to 2003 Professor Bailey was the Government of Jamaica’s representative on the United Nations Fund for Women (UNIFEM) Consultative Committee. She is the recipient of several awards including the Order of Jamaica (2008) and the ninth CARICOM Triennial Award for Women (2008). In 2008 she was appointed as the Jamaica’s representative to the CEDAW Committee to 2012.
