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THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES ST. AUGUSTINE CAMPUS INSTITUTE FOR GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES ST. AUGUSTINE UNIT REPORT TO THE REGIONAL PLANNING AND STRATEGY COMMITTEE FOR THE PERIOD MAY 31, 2017 TO JUNE 1, 2018 FOR THE FACE TO FACE MEETING JUNE 13 AND 14, 2018 CAVE HILL CAMPUS, BARBADOS Group photo with visitors to the Institute, Ms Usha Maharaj, business woman and partner of Chancellor Bermudez, and the University Director of the IGDS, Prof. Opal Palmer Adisa. Also in photo Professor Rhoda Reddock, Dr. Gabrielle Hosein, and IGDS staff and graduate students. TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2–9 MILESTONES 10 Understanding the UWI brand as Activist University 2 Reflection 9 TEACHING AND LEARNING 11–14 Undergraduate Teaching for Reporting Period 11 Graduate Teaching for Reporting Period 12 Short Courses - Summer Teaching 12 Graduates | Graduate Programme Achievements 13 Graduate Research Seminars 14 RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS 15–17 Caribbean Review of Gender Studies - Online Journal 15 Making of Feminisms in the Caribbean 16 Edited Collections - Books 17 Edited Collections - Journals 18 – 20 RESEARCH AND OUTREACH 21–26 Research Projects 21 – 23 Networks 24 – 26 OUTREACH ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS 27–34 Symposia | Public Fora | Lunchtime Seminars 27 – 29 Workshops and Presentations 30 Collaborations: Significant Days / Activism 31 – 33 Collaborations: Partnerships 34 OUTREACH AND MOBILIZATION 35–38 IGDS Streams: Reach, Next, Ignite, Gold, CV+, Future Fund, Impact 35 – 38 APPENDIX I - IGDS STAFFING 2016/2017 39 APPENDIX II - STAFF PROFILES 40 Dr. Gabrielle Hosein – Lecturer and Head of Institute 41 – 45 Prof Patricia Mohammed – Professor of Gender and Cultural Studies 46 – 50 Prof. Rhoda Reddock – Prof. of Gender Studies Social Change 51 – 52 Dr. Angelique Nixon – Lecturer and Graduate Studies Co-ordinator 53 – 55 Dr. Sue-Ann Barratt – Lecturer 56 – 58 Ms. Deborah McFee – Outreach and Research Officer 59 – 60 Ms. Tricia Basdeo, Research Assistant (Outreach) 61 Ms. Kathryn Chan | Ms Tessa Ottley 62 Mr. Amilcar Sanatan, Research Assistant 63 – 64 Ms. Tivia Collins, Research Assistant | Editorial Assistant 65 Mr. Marcus Kissoon, Research Assistant 66 Ms. Raquel Sukhu | Ms Adaeze Greenidge | Renuka Anandjit | Yolanda Simon 67 APPENDIX III - SOCIAL MEDIA 68–69 APPENDIX IV - IN THE MEDIA 70 APPENDIX V - GLOBAL OUTREACH 71 APPENDIX VI - ALBUM SUMMARY 2017-2018 72 – 73 !1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Advancing the UWI Brand as an Activist University The period 2017-2018 was a year for increasing national visibility and collaboration as a basis for strengthening IGDS SAU’s impact and the university’s strategic goals. It built on the last year’s focus on defining a flow-through process from undergraduate intake and mentorship (IGDS Ignite) to post-graduate completion and professional development (IGDS CV+). Public Engagement, Advocacy and Policy Individuals, groups , schools, organisations, musicians, moko jumbies and more turned out to the second International Women’s Day Rally and march, Queens Park Savannah, March 10. Gender Justice With regard to the UWI’s core value of Gender Justice, the IGDS remains the key point of engagement between the university and the national and regional community, providing value particularly in terms of the UWI’s contribution to regional activism and advocacy. Two public fora were held this year as part of advancing understanding of and commitment to gender justice, one focused on gender-responsive budgeting and the other as part of International Women’s Day commemorations. IGDS’ almost continuous presence in traditional media (newspapers and television) on issues ranging from gender based violence to economic inequality has enabled the university to meet a public demand to be seen as contributing to Caribbean transformation in these areas. The IGDS also makes active use of social media campaigns across multiple digital platforms, including Facebook, Instagram and Youtube. !2 As part of combining such outreach with research, IGDS’s second conference for the academic year focuses on Caribbean Cyberfeminisms, from June 27-29, 2018, will lead to documentation of the UWI’s leadership in such regional digital activism and strengthen its networks with regional activists also at the forefront of online advocacy. The following are a few additional highlights of the IGDS’ activism, collaborations and impact in advancement of the core value of gender justice. Gender Based Violence 2Cents poets with high school students November 2018. Whiteboards GBV is… and Ending GBV is… allowed the team to collect statements later used for a digital billboard campaign. The #EndGBV” Campaign was launched in collaboration with the 2 Cents Movement, and included outreach to forty secondary schools. Funded by the Canadian High Commission, a digital media campaign followed which ran on eight electronic billboards in Trinidad and Tobago over the period of 16 Days of Activism in 2017, representing the only national campaign of its kind, and providing open access materials for use by all university stakeholders. IGDS’ presence in the media was complemented this year by its coordination of advocacy related to amendments to the Domestic Violence Act as proposed by the Equal Opportunity Commission. Advocacy materials, which are open access and available to national and regional stakeholders on IGDS’ Facebook page, were also produced as part of this collaboration. !3 In collaboration with UN Women, the IDB and the Office of the Prime Minister (Gender and Child Affairs Division), the IGDS also chaired the Research Steering Committee for Trinidad and Tobago’s first national survey on Intimate Partner Violence and Women’s Health, and produced the accompanying national Qualitative Study on Gender Based Violence. Both provide the most up to date information on this issue in Trinidad and Tobago. Collaboration with ANSA McAl, First Citizens’ Bank, and the IDB to create an innovative private sector approach to addressing intimate partner violence was initiated following completion of these studies, and is now ongoing. Representatives at the launch of the National Women's Health Survey, May 2018. The Break the Silence campaign to end child sexual abuse continued this year with training of teachers, an art competition, and extensive outreach to communities. The Teacher Toolkit, produced in 2017 and funded by the US Embassy, is being used in schools for the second year as part of a creative and collaborative approach to national education on this issue. The project, “A Sexual Culture of Justice: Strengthening LGBTQI & GBV Partnerships, Capacity & Efficacy to Promote & Protect Rights in T&T” supported and trained a diverse group of men to champion gender equality and non-violence in their different communities through five day-long workshops completed between October and December 2017. Among other activities, this European Union funded project also created a Teacher Training Toolkit and Facilitator Guide focused on preventing the culture of bullying of young people as related to sex and gender. Finally, the IGDS joined the Research Sub-Committee for the Formulation of a Domestic Violence Course offered by the Trinidad and Tobago Police Academy, and is collaborating with the TTPS on workshops related to bullying and gender- based violence. Canadian High Commission staff pose under one of the digital billboards during the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based violence., November 2017 !4 Masculinities Placard at the International Women’s Day Rally and March, 2018 The #CaribbeanMenCan Campaign was launched with the support of the Canadian High Commission on March 8, 2018, with campaign materials developed as an open-access resource for national and regional advocacy. This campaign was supported and shared by the global network MenEngage, continuing the university’s expertise and reach on issues related to masculinities. The IGDS was also on the advisory committee for the Office of the Prime Minister (Gender and Child Division) roll out of their ‘Barbershop’ programme for men and boys, and continued outreach through its #RedCardRapeCulture workshop. Political Economy and Gender-Sensitive Policy Making The “Connecting the Dots: Work . Life Balance . Ageing” conference was hosted by The UWI Research Development Impact Fund, in collaboration with the Institute of Gender and Development Studies and the Social Work Unit on April 26–27, 2018 at the Teaching and Learning Complex, UWI, St. Augustine. In addition to Work/Life Balance and Ageing conference, team members, collaboration with UNECLAC and the ILO, panelists and IGDS staff, April 2018. private sector partners in this project included T&TEC and First Citizens’ Bank Ltd. !5 Staff were also members of the committee, convened by the Office of the Prime Minister (Gender and Child Division) to finalize an action plan related to the Draft National Policy for Gender and Development. As well, the IGDS was contracted by the Office of the Prime Minister (Gender and Child Division) to offer training to state- sector gender focal points as part of roll-out of this policy. Finally, the IGDS continued to build its capacity to produce a national analysis of the extent to which fiscal policy advances gender justice, through the innovative model of a Gender Justice Scorecard for Trinidad and Tobago. To this end, a public forum and CSO training workshop on Gender Responsive Budgeting were held in September 2017. Gender and Development The first, annual post-CAPE camp on social justice, community engagement and development