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Announcements
Dr Sue Ann Barratt
Head of Department
St Augustine Unit
"Things become real to you when you see how it impacts real people in a real way."
In 2006 I returned to Trinidad from my five-year stint at CARIMAC UWI Mona, driven to understand gender relations and the underlying causes of communication conflict as a precursor to GBV. I had no training in feminist thought, and I had only a naive understanding of gender as a fundamental element of human life. From the first day, I entered the IGDS, I was welcomed, accommodated, mentored, and guided by incredible women who taught me to persist with grace. I couldn't have made a better choice of place to study and work. Fast forward through studentship to full-time academic faculty, I am now honoured to take on the role of leader, Head of the IGDS, in August 2021. After fifteen years of learning in situ, I am ready to serve the team that will carry on a profound commitment to gender justice, equity and equality. –Dr Barratt
Keeping it real
Dr Sue Ann Barratt rolls up her sleeves at IGDS
UWI Today
Oct 2021
Dr Sue Ann Barratt rolls up her sleeves at IGDS
UWI Today
Oct 2021
The UWI names new University Director, IGDS
UWI News Release
November 23, 2022
IGDS Regional Coordinating Office
Message from the University Director
2022-2024
Halimah DeShong, PhD, University Director, IGDS
Excerpt "Greeting for the Academic Year"
"I encourage you to learn more about the history of the IGDS by reading The UWI Gender Journey: Recolllections and Reflections by Professors Joycelyn Massiah, Elsa Leo-Rhynie and Barbara Bailey. With this book, Professor Massiah, as former Director of SALISES and principal investigator on the historic "Women in the Caribbean Project" of the late 1970's; and Professors Leo-Rhynie and Bailey, former University Directors of the IGDS; offer critical perspectives on the establishment, growth and future of the IGDS, as part of Caribbean feminist and women's movements, some thirty-one years since the emergence of the Centre for Gender ad Development Studies.
Click here for the Bilingual List of Service Providers and Support information and downloads. This initiative was developed with support from the Pan American Development Foundation and funding by the United States Government.
Click her to go to the Caribbean Sexualities Knowledge E-Portal on diverse genders and sexualities in the Caribbean developed as part of "A Sexual Culture of Justice” Project.
The first IGDS Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on the FutureLearn platform highlights prominent global women leaders and the ways in which they exemplified the values and employed principles of feminist transformational leadership. Read more or Join the course today!
