The UWI gender journey : Recollections and reflections / Joycelin Massiah, Elsa Leo-Rhynie, Barbara Bailey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Massiah, Joycelin, author.

Leo-Rhynie, Elsa, author.

Bailey, Barbara (Barbara Evelyn), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women's studies.

Women's studies--West Indies.

Feminist theory--West Indies.

Feminist theory.

University of the West Indies. Institute for Gender and Development Studies.

University of the West Indies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (361 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Kingston, Jamaica : The University of the West Indies Press, [2016]

Summary:

"Documents the visionary commitment and struggles for recognition and respect of a relatively small cohort of dedicated feminist scholars, each of them powerful academics and leaders, as they collaborated to institutionalize gender and development studies at the University of West Indies. We learn about the origins of the Institute for Gender and Development Studies and how it came to provide global academic leadership in the field of gender and development studies".

Contents:

Intro

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

List of Illustrations

Message from Alister McIntyre

Message from E. Nigel Harris

Message from Hilary McD. Beckles

Foreword: The Institute for Gender and Development Studies: A Sacred Inheritance - Verene Shepherd

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Section 1. Context - Joycelin Massiah

1 Setting the Stage

2 Genderstanding the Environment

Section 2. Initiation - Joycelin Massiah

3 Building a Presence: WAND/WICP, 1976-1982

4 Building a Team: Women and Development Studies Groups, 1982-1992

Section 3. Institutionalization: The Triangle of Empowerment, 1992-1996 - Elsa Leo-Rhynie

5 The First Angle: Purpose and Direction

6 The Second Angle: Expectations and Support

7 The Third Angle: Strategies and Plans

Section 4. Consolidation, 1996-2010 - Barbara Bailey

8 Pursuing the Mandate: Transitions and the Teaching Programmes

9 Pursuing the Mandate: Research and Publications

10 Pursuing the Mandate: Outreach Activities

11 Gaining Maturity: From Centre to Institute

Section 5. Continuity - Joycelin Massiah, Elsa Leo-Rhynie and Barbara Bailey

12 Looking to the Future: The Journey Continues

Postscript: Reflections of the Future Edward Greene

Appendices

1. Organizational Links: 1982-2010

2. List of WICP Publications

3. WDSG Coordinators

4. List of Seminars under IOP/UWI/ISS Project Phase 1

5. Consultative Process for Academic Approval of Gender Studies Undergraduate and Graduate Courses and Programmes (1993-1996)

6. Consultative Process for Academic Approval of Gender Studies Undergraduate/Graduate Courses and Programmes (1996-2010)

7. Books Published in Association with CGDS/IGDS

8. List of Persons Who Submitted Testimonials.

9. Tributes/Citations on Honourees of the Tenth Anniversary of the CGDS, August 2003

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789766405847

9766405840

OCLC:

1393308120