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."

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

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, and her

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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 PhD degree in

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from

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, with her specialization being

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and

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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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, 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 Dame Ruth Nita Barrow, GCMG DA (15 November 1916 – 19 December 1995) was the first female governor-general of Barbados. Barrow was a nurse and a public health servant from Barbados. She served as the fifth governor-general of Barbados from 6 ...

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Journal articles

Personal life

Barriteau has a son, Cabral.

References

External links

The Deputy Principal: Professor V Eudine Barriteau
Office of the Deputy Principal, The University of the West Indies at Cave Hill, Barbados {{DEFAULTSORT:Barriteau, Violet Eudine 1954 births Barbadian economists Caribbean Community Development economists Development specialists Feminist economists Howard University alumni Living people Academic staff of Örebro University UNESCO officials Academic staff of the University of Toronto Academic staff of the University of the West Indies University of the West Indies alumni Grenadian women in politics Women academics Barbadian officials of the United Nations Recipients of the Order of Freedom of Barbados Presidents of the International Association for Feminist Economics