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Equal Opportunity for Persons with Disabilities in Trinidad and Tobago

Event Date(s): 13/04/2023


The Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES) continues its Spotlight Series.

Dr. Bephyer Parey, Junior Research Fellow and Chair, Disability Studies Research Cluster, SALISES will facilitate a virtual lecture on Equal Opportunity for Persons with Disabilities in Trinidad and Tobago: Challenges and Recommendations. This online lecture takes place on Thursday, April 13 at 10 a.m. 

Interested persons can register at https://bit.ly/equaloppforpersonswithdisabilities.  
For more information on this event email salises@sta.uwi.edu

Dr. Bephyer Parey is a Junior Research Fellow at the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES) at the St Augustine Campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI). After being awarded a PhD in Social Policy in June 2019 from the UWI, she joined the SALISES staff in August 2019.  

Holding a BSc in Mathematics and MSc in Statistics from UWI, Dr Parey has a quantitative background, and has used these skills extensively in her own research. She also has expertise in qualitative and mixed methods research which she gained through various training, including at the University of Michigan, USA. She teaches courses related to research design and social statistical analysis, and was recently acknowledged for her teaching efforts when she received a 2022 UWI/Guardian Group Premium Teaching Award. She has a track record of high-quality international publications and to date has made over thirty research presentations to regional and international audiences.  

Dr. Parey’s research primarily focuses on persons with disabilities. With the overall aim of providing policy recommendations for a life-course oriented inclusion of persons with disabilities, her disability and poverty research agenda spans topics such as education, employment, social care, and wellbeing. Her current research is focused on teaching and learning dynamics during the pandemic which includes the perspectives of children with disabilities and children with parents with disabilities. She serves as chair of the SALISES Disability Studies Research Cluster which is currently responsible for operationalising a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between UWI and the Equal Opportunity Commission of Trinidad and Tobago. Through the MoU, the Cluster team recently completed research focused on analysing the complaints lodged by persons with disabilities with the Equal Opportunity Commission.   

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