Institute for Gender and Development Studies

Publications

State Agencies

Office of the Prime Minister, Government of Trinidad and Tobago, 2012-2013
No Time to Quit: Engaging Youth at Risk
This report of the Youth at Risk Committee in which Professor Patricia Mohammed served as one of the four members in a Committee chaired by Professor Selwyn Ryan on behalf of the Government of Trinidad and Tobago argues that the young male population that is more at risk of directly being caught in the criminal world of drugs, guns and deadly violent crime are of African descent, especially those located in urban “hotspots” such as Laventille. At the same time, it focuses on the different problems which young Indo-Trinidadian males face in areas of Central Trinidad, their predilection to alcohol and related domestic violence abuse. It also addresses the way in which women and young girls are both drawn into crime or become victims of the effects of male involvement in crime. The report was tabled in the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago and available on its website.

Office of Gender Affairs, Ministry of Health & Social Development, British Virgin Islands, 2010 - 2012
Patricia Mohammed, Jane Parpart and Deborah McFee
Gender Consultations and Nation Building in the British Virgin Islands: IGDS completed consultations with interest and sector groups in the British Virgin Islands including the islands of Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Jost Van Dyke and Anegada, conducting interviews and workshops with professionals in the legislative, education, media, health, other public and non-governmental sectors; collection of historical and contemporary data to produce a gender policy on equity and equality that will serve in the continued nation-building exercise. The main outputs/deliverables included: Gender and Water in the BVI Context: Towards a Gender Sensitive Construction of a Policy Response 2011, Preparation and compilation of Gender Training and Awareness Manual for the Government of the British Virgin Islands as part of the process of developing a National Policy for Gender Equity and Equality 2011, and the Draft National Gender Policy for the British Virgin Island 2012.

Belize Women’s Department, Belize 2010 - 2011

Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica 2005 - 2007
Preparation and writing of the National Gender Policy for the
Commonwealth of Dominica

Government of Jamaica 2005 - 2006
Preparation and writing of the National Policy for Gender Equality for Jamaica; Coordination of all activities related to the production of the Policy, including: selection and supervision of Gender Specialist to collate information towards the development of the Policy; technical capacity in the development of conceptual framework; technical capacity to inform data collection; collaborating with relevant stakeholders at the state level, e.g. The Planning Institute of Jamaica. 2010 Second Edition Gender-sensitive policy making in the Caribbean: A Manual, prepared by Patricia Mohammed (CGDS) with Judith Wedderburn (FES) and Cecilia Babb (CPDC). FES, Jamaica. Published by Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Caribbean Office, Jamaica, Caribbean Policy Development Centre, Barbados with the Institute for Gender and Development Studies, UWI, St. Augustine.

Government of Trinidad and Tobago 2003 - 2012
Presentation and participation in the National Consultations on a Gender Policy and Plan for Trinidad and Tobago as well as in on-site community and interest group consultations in 2003; Presentation and participation in the cross-sectoral Roundtable Consultation for Permanent Secretaries and Ministries in preparation for the formulation of the National Gender Policy of Trinidad and Tobago in 2004; In 2004 the Trinidad and Tobago National Gender Policy and Action Plan was submitted to the Government of Trinidad and Tobago. In 2011/2012, service on the Cabinet Appointed Committee to the Ministry of Gender, Youth and Child Development for the National Policy on Gender and Development of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to go over the final draft document of the National Gender Policy of T&T.

Government of the Cayman Islands, 1999 - 2002
Preparation and writing of the National Gender Policy for the Cayman Islands, Ministry of Community Development, Women Affairs, Youth and Sport, Government of the Cayman Islands.

United Nations Agencies

UN Women since 2010

UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women, 2007 UN Women 2010, 2011
Breaking the Silence: A Multi-Sectoral Apporach to Preventing and
Addressing Child Sexual Abuse in Trinidad and Tobago

UNICEF 2008, 2009, 2010
Breaking the Silence: A Multi-Sectoral Apporach to Preventing and Addressing Child Sexual Abuse in Trinidad and Tobago

UNDP - July - October 2009
Baseline Survey Consultancy: Enhance Public Trust Security and Inclusion Programme, to be carried out in Guyana.

UNESCO — 2009
A Gender, Peace and Human Enrichment Programme under the UNESCO Culture of Peace and the Promotion of Good Citizenship Initiative

UNIFEM - 2007
Gender training of staff at the United Nations Development Programme Country Offices, Barbados

UNIFEM - 2006
The Development of a training manual on Gender Mainstreaming in HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean, 2006.

UNIFEM - 2005
Gender training of staff at the United Nations Development Programme Country Offices, Suriname

ILO - 2005
Preparation of the technical report – “Reconciling Work with Family: Issues and Policies in Trinidad and Tobago”

UNDP - 2000
National Report on the Situation of Violence against Women and Girls in Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago