Outreach: Caribbean Institute in Gender and Development
Outreach |
Certificate Course |
Public Lectures
Caribbean Institute in Gender and Development: An Intensive Training Programme
The Certificate Course in Gender and Development Studies is the major outreach activity of IGDS. It is offered by the Institute at Cave Hill from July to September every two years.
Mark your calendars and be prepared to come to Cave Hill Campus Barbados for the 8th Summer Institute in Gender and Development Studies, 2011. The programme brings together women and men from the region and internationally, for four weeks of intensive learning and training in gender and development issues in the Caribbean. There are eight units covering:
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Feminist Theorizing and Caribbean Development
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Gender analysis and Caribbean Development
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Knowledge creation, Research Methodologies and Communication
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Ideologies and Institutions in Caribbean Caribbean Societies
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Globalization, gender and Caribbean Economies
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Gender, Media and Popular culture
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Gender, Health and Development
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Women and Transformational Leadership in the Caribbean
- Men and Masculinity
- Feminist Theology
Lecturers, facilitators and resource persons are drawn from the Institute of Gender and Development Studies: Nita Barrow Unit, UNIFEM, Caribbean Policy Development Centre, and the Caribbean Association for Feminist Research and Action.
The certificate course is designed to introduce participants to the theoretical and methodological approaches to the issues of gender relations and its impact on women and men, and how these affect the process of social change. It seeks to empower participants to improve their social situation and to enhance their capacity to contribute to the process of change.
Participants come from throughout the Commonwealth, Hispanic and Francophone Caribbean. The course format consists of four weeks of residential work at the Cave Hill Campus; six weeks of field work in participants' home countries; and a final week in Barbados to present findings and to be evaluated.
Past research projects include:
- A Gender Analysis of Globalization
- The Impact of Christian Teachings on Women's Sexuality
- The Legal System's Response to Domestic Violence in St. Lucia
RESOURCE PERSONS
- Ms Jeanette Bell, Barbados
- Ms Rosaline Corbin, Civil Society Coordinator, Attorney General’s Office/past participant, Barbados
- Ms Diane Cummins, Social Development Consultant, Barbados
- Dr Joan Rawlins, Lecturer, UWI, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago
- Ms Stacey Cumberbatch, Lecturer, UWI, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados
- Professor Patricia Mohammed, UWI, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago
- Ms Alicia Mondesire, Gender and Management Consultant, Canada
- Ms Cynthia Barrow-Giles, Lecturer, UWI, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados
- Professor Barbara Bailey, Regional Coordinator, CGDS, Jamaica
- Ms Gaietry Pargass, Legal Consultant, Trinidad and Tobago
- Ms Keturah Babb, Deputy Coordinator, Caribbean Policy Development Centre, Barbados
- Dr Sharon Marshall, Information Officer, Caribbean Development Bank, Barbados
- Dr Carol Jacobs, Chairman, National HIV/AIDS Commission, Barbados
- Ms Varia Williams, Attorney at Law, Barbados
- Rev Eliseus Joseph, Pastor/Consultant, Barbados
- Ms Folade Mutota, Social Development Consultant/past participant, Trinidad and Tobago
- Ms Verna St. Rose-Greaves, Consultant/past participant, Trinidad and Tobago
- Professor Rhoda Reddock, UWI. St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago
- Ms Gemma Tang-Nain, Trinidad and Tobago
- Ms Margaret Gill, Teaching Assistant, UWI, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados
- Ms Cathy Shepherd, Information Specialist, Trinidad and Tobago