Barbara Bailey

Barbara Evelyn Bailey (born March 14, 1942 in Kingston , Jamaica ) is a Jamaican university professor . She is Professor Emeritus of Education and Gender Studies at the University of the West Indies (UWI) in Mona , Jamaica.

Career

In 1974 Bailey graduated from the UWI with a Bachelor of Science in microbiology and then studied education, also at the UWI in Mona. In 1983 she completed her Master of Arts in Education and received her PhD in 1987 . Until 1996 she worked as a lecturer at the educational science faculty of the UWI. In 1996 she served as Director of the Department of Regional Coordination ( Regional Coordinating Unit ) of the Center for Gender and Development Studies (CGDS) of the University. As part of this activity, Bailey represented the Jamaican government at international conferences on gender and women's rights issues. She also worked as a government adviser on gender issues.

In 2003 she was appointed professor in the educational science faculty of the UWI. The following year, she became chair of the National Gender Advisory Committee , which was supposed to develop a strategy for the Jamaican government to achieve gender equality and social justice. At the international level, Bailey was a member of the Task Force for Equality for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in 2002 and chaired the Jamaican delegation to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) in 2006 United Nations (UN) in New York.

In 2008 she received the CARICOM Triennial Award for Women, in the same year she was also honored with the Order of Jamaica .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Short biography (PDF; 32 kB) on the website of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Retrieved November 20, 2012.
^ Citation in Honor of Professor Barbara Bailey ( Memento July 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) on the Caribbean Community Secretariat website. Retrieved November 20, 2012.
↑ Glory for ordinary heroes ( Memento of May 31, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), Jamaica Gleaner of October 21, 2008. Retrieved November 20, 2012.

Web links

Prof. Barbara Evelyn Bailey ( Memento from December 26, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) (list of publications)

personal data
SURNAME	Bailey, Barbara
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Bailey, Barbara Evelyn (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Jamaican university professor
DATE OF BIRTH	March 14, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kingston , Jamaica

[ohchr-1] Short biography (PDF; 32 kB) on the website of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Retrieved November 20, 2012.

[2] Citation in Honor of Professor Barbara Bailey ( Memento July 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) on the Caribbean Community Secretariat website. Retrieved November 20, 2012.

[gleaner2008-3] Glory for ordinary heroes ( Memento of May 31, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), Jamaica Gleaner of October 21, 2008. Retrieved November 20, 2012.