Violet Eudine Barriteau, FB, GCM (10 December 1954), is a professor of gender and public policy, as well as Principal of the

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. She was also the president of the International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE) from 2009 to 2010, and she is on the advisory editorial boards of '' Palimpsest: A Journal on Women, Gender, and the Black International'', published by

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, and '' Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society'', published by

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. Her research interests encompass feminist theorizing, gender and public policy, investigations of the Caribbean political economy, and theorizing heterosexual women's socio-sexual unions. Barriteau was appointed a Member of the Order of Freedom of Barbados (FB) in the 2019 Independence Day Honours List, "for her outstanding contribution to tertiary education and pioneering leadership in the development of gender studies and the promotion of gender equality." In 2024, Barriteau was elected in a vote at the United Nations (UN) in New York to serve on the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) based in Geneva, Switzerland.

Early life

Violet Eudine Barriteau was born 10 December 1954, in the Caribbean island of

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and migrated to Barbados in 1966. She attended Ellerslie Secondary School.

Education

Barriteau gained her teacher training certificate from Erdiston Teachers' Training College, and her BSc degree in public administration and accounting in 1980 from

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. She later studied at the

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and qualified for her

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degree in public administration (public sector financial management) in 1984. Barriteau travelled to the Philippines, to the

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for a certificate in editing and publications training which she completed in 1986. Finally she returned to America for her doctoral studies, and in 1994 obtained a

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degree in

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from

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, with her specialization being

political economy Political or comparative economy is a branch of political science and economics studying economic systems (e.g. Marketplace, markets and national economies) and their governance by political systems (e.g. law, institutions, and government). Wi ...

and

political theory Political philosophy studies the theoretical and conceptual foundations of politics. It examines the nature, scope, and legitimacy of political institutions, such as states. This field investigates different forms of government, ranging from d ...

Career

* 1972–1978 Teacher, St. George Secondary School. * 1980–1982 Research Assistant, Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of the West Indies (UWI), Cave Hill, Barbados. * 1981–1982 Part-time Teacher (tutorials), Faculty of Social Sciences, UWI, Cave Hill, Department of Political Science. * 1984–1985 Part-time Teacher (tutorials), Faculty of Social Sciences, UWI, Cave Hill, Department of Political Science. * 1984–1986 Jr. Research Fellow, Institute of Social and Economic Research, UWI, Cave Hill. * 1985–1986 Part-time Teacher (tutorials), Faculty of Social Sciences, UWI, Cave Hill, Department of Political Science. * Sept–Dec 1986 Teacher, Harrison College,

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. * 1987–1988 Research Fellow, Institute of Social and Economic Research, UWI, Cave Hill. * Jan–May 1989 Consultant Editor, Journal of Caribbean Law. * 1988–1989 Publications Specialist,

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/ Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Educational Publishing Project, Barbados. * May–Aug 1991 Temporary Research Fellow, Institute of Social and Economic Research, UWI, Cave Hill. * 1989–1992 Postgraduate Teaching Assistant,

, US. * 1992–1993 Lecturer and Deputy Coordinator, Women and Development Studies Programme, UWI, Cave Hill. * 1993–2000 Head and Lecturer, Centre for Gender and Development Studies, UWI, Cave Hill. * 1996 Staff Fellow,

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. * 1996–1999 Caribbean Coordinator for DAWN, (Development Alternatives of Women for a New Era). * Aug–Dec 1997 Inaugural Fellow of the Dame Nita Barrow Distinguished Women in Development Visitor Programme,

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, Canada. * 2000 Senior Fulbright Fellow, Howard University, Washington, D.C. * 2000 – May 2004 Head and Senior Lecturer, Centre for Gender and Development Studies, UWI, Cave Hill. * 2004–2008 Head and Professor, Centre for Gender and Development Studies, UWI, Cave Hill. * 2004–2008 Campus Coordinator, School for Graduate Studies and Research, UWI, Cave Hill. * 2008 International Fellow, GEXcel International Collegium for Advanced Transdisciplinary Gender Studies (GEXcel), Örebro University,

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. * 2008 – current Deputy Principal, UWI, Cave Hill. * 2009–2010 President, International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE) * 2010 International Fellow, GEXcel, Örebro University, Sweden. * 2012–2015 International Advisory Board, '' Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society'', published by

. * 2012 – current International Advisory Board, '' Palimpsest: A Journal on Women, Gender, and the Black International'', published by

. * 2015 – appointed as Principal of UWI Cave Hill Campus. She is the first female to serve in the capacity.

Honours

* 2004 Best Selling Textbook award, University of the West Indies Press, for her book ''Confronting power, theorizing gender interdisciplinary perspectives in the Caribbean.'' * 2011 Tenth CARICOM Triennial Award for Women, for her outstanding contribution to gender and development and the socio-economic development of the Caribbean Community. Awarded at the opening ceremony of the Thirty-Second Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat. * 2013 Gold Crown Merit, for her contribution to gender and development.

Selected bibliography

Books

* * * * ''See also Nita Barrow.'' * * *

Journal articles

Personal life

Barriteau has a son, Cabral.

References

External links

The Deputy Principal: Professor V Eudine Barriteau
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