Event

The Centre for Gender & Development Studies (CGDS) will celebrate its 15^th anniversary with a number of activities during the 2008/ 09 Academic Year.

The first instalment in the yearlong celebration will focus on the contribution of the Women and Development Group (WDSG) to the work and evolution of the CGDS as a premiere research and teaching Institution in the area of Women /Gender & Development regionally and worldwide. This will be marked by the launch of the Women and Development Studies Group special collection to be housed in the St Augustine Campus Main Library and a Panel Discussion on the work of the WDSG.  The event will be held at the Learning Resource Centre UWI St Augustine on Tuesday 25^th November 2008 at 6:30 p.m.

The entire campus community is invited to be a part of these celebrations.

History of the CGDS

Since 1982 the Women and Development Studies Group (WDSG) have committed to the maximisation and development of the human resource potential of women in the Caribbean region. Their main achievement has been the successful establishment of the Centre for Gender and Development Studies in September 1993.  The establishment of the CGDS marked the culmination of just over 10 years of lobbying and activism on the UWI campuses.  Like its sister branches at the UWI Mona and Cave Hill campuses, the St Augustine WDSG is committed to the improving of gender relations in the society and region primarily through the well organized staff development and outreach activities within and beyond the campus.