Gender Differential Project
Update on the Certificate Programme
Update on the Graduate Programme
Group of lecturers from Mona Campus in a workshop in Jamaica - Designing instruments for the Gender Differential Project.
The Gender Differentials Research Project [link] continues with its projected timeline to meet the mandate of CARICOM to conduct a regional research that seeks to “ identify factors that account for gender disparities in achievement and performance at the secondary and tertiary levels”. Having completed the planning and design phases of the project the team embarked on the training phase during a 4-day workshop held in Trinidad/Tobago during October 25-29 in preparation for the data collection phase expected to take place during late November to early January of 2005 in four Caribbean countries.
The team of trainers was headed by the Regional Coordinator, Prof. Barbara Bailey [ seated front row, left ]. Other members of the training team included (front row, L-R): Suzanne Charles, Althea Perkins and Yasmeen Yusuf-Khalil. This training stage was achieved after months and hours of work put in by persons from different countries and fields of study.
Data collection in the participating countries is expected to take place during late November to early January of 2005.
Subsequent issues in our News Letter will keep you updated on the status of this Project. |
CONTACT PERSON : Dr Yasmeen Yusuf-Khalil <yasmeen.yusufkhalil@uwimona.edu.jm> |
The training team from the Centre for Gender & Development Studies, Regional Coordinating Unit, Mona Campus travelled to Trinidad and met with perspective field workers from the four remaining countries participating in the research project - Belize, Guyana, Jamaica, & Trinidad/Tobago – to train participants in using the data gathering tools. 
For the start of the 4-day workshop Prof. Rhoda Reddock, Head of the Centre for Gender & Development Studies, St. Augustine, welcomed the team of field workers to the host country, Trinidad/Tobago. During the course of the week participants engaged in practical activities to determine consistency/reliability across countries in the use of tools to gather both primary and secondary data sources. These included use of survey instruments, interviews and focus group discussions. 
Data generated from the pilot study conducted by the training team in St. Kitts/Nevis were used to advise the four-day training session. Emphasis was on establishing reliability among data collectors. Field workers and trainers departed from Trinidad on October 29 after four successful days of training.