IGDS UWI

Established in 1993, the Institute for Gender and Development Studies (IGDS), which celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2018, is an inter-disciplinary Institute of The UWI, with a presence on all of The UWI campuses. The IGDS consists of the Office of the University Director, Regional Coordinating Office (RCO), located in the Regional Headquarters of The UWI and Campus-based Units, each with its own Head, located at the Mona, Jamaica, Cave Hill, Barbados, and St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago campuses. On October 10, 2008, the Centre for Gender and Development Studies was designated an Institute. On October 20, 2009, further approval was given for the Institute for Gender and Development Studies to deliver inter-disciplinary and multidisciplinary academic programmes and issue its own degrees.