MSc (UWI) BSc (Univ. of Guyana)
Tivia Collins is a PhD candidate at the Institute for Gender and Development Studies, UWI St. Augustine, whose research examines the lived experiences of Guyanese migrant women in Trinidad and Tobago within an intra-regional context. Tivia is also a Research Assistant at the IGDS and is the editorial assistant for the Caribbean Review of Gender Studies: A journal of Caribbean perspectives on Gender and Feminism.
"The saying from Guyana 'one one dutty build dam' is always on my mind as I do my part to contribute to a gender just society"
Borders, Belonging and Citizenship: Examining Guyanese Migrant Women’s experiences in Trinidad and Tobago
June 2020 - Moderator
Young Masculinities and COVID-19
(Online Dialogue recording)
2019 Levi Gahman & Tivia Collins Recognizing and undisciplining feminist geography in the Caribbean, Gender, Place & Culture
Academia | Taylor and Francis
2016 Tivia Collins Reproductive Rights and Citizenship: Understanding the State's inability to implement the abortion laws of Guyana, Journal of Eastern Caribbean Studies, Vol 41, Nos 2 and 3, Pgs 139-165
Tivia has published poetry in “The Guyana Annual” magazine (2010) and in the Anthology of Contemporary Guyanese Verse (2014).
Board Member
Guyana Migrant Support Network
Committee member
MenEngage Alliance Youth Reference Group
Member
CariMAN Trinidad and Tobago Country Network Group