Barbara Bailey

Barbara Evelyn Bailey (born 14 March 1942) is an educator, writer and gender studies scholar from Kingston, Jamaica. In addition to her education work, she has represented Jamaica at numerous conferences and assemblies regarding women's rights. In 2008, she was elected by the state parties as a member of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.

Career Bailey attended the University of the West Indies (UWI), where she received a Bachelor of Science degree in microbiology in 1974, a Master of Arts in education in 1983, and a Ph.D. in education in 1987. She worked as a lecturer at UWI from 1980 to 1996.

Bailey became inadvertently involved in the international women's movement in the 1980s, In a 2015 interview, Bailey recognized the complexities of reaching women's equality, naming "entrenched patriarchal ideology" as the primary factor in structural and ideological inequality.

Recognition In 2008, Bailey was awarded the CARICOM (Caribbean Community) Triennial Award for Women.