The Institute for Gender and Development Studies at The University of the West Indies (UWI IGDS) has been around for 30 years. On the heels of the University’s 75th jubilee, the Institute is commemorating its anniversary milestone throughout the 2023/2024 academic year, celebrating 30 years of Advocating for Gender Justice.
Established in 1993 first as a Centre, in 2008 it evolved into an autonomous, interdisciplinary, multi-campus institute. The Regional Coordinating Office (RCO) is based within the University’s Vice-Chancellery and the campus-based Units are located at the Mona, Jamaica, Cave Hill, Barbados, and St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.