Recent Publication
Below is a selection of the most recent publications.
Bailey, Barbara (2004). Gender and Education in Jamaica: Who is failing and by whose standards? PROSPECTS: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education. Vol . UNESCO’s International Bureau of Education (IBE). Geneva, Switzerland: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Bailey, Barbara (2003). Jamaica. In: C.T. Kalny (Ed). The Greenwood encyclopedia of women’s issues world wide: North America and the Caribbean. London: Greenwood Press.
Tang Nain, Gemma & Bailey, Barbara (Ed). (2003). Gender equality in the Caribbean: Reality or illusion by Kingston, Jamaica: Ian Randle. Picture
Bailey, Barbara & Ricketts Heather. (2003). Gender vulnerabilities in labour market relation and decent work provision: Policy, implications and directives. Journal of Social and Economic Studies. Vol. University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica: Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social & Economic Studies.
Forthcoming Publications
- Bailey, Barbara and Monica Brown. The Unmasking of Stereotypes: Boys’ and Girls’ Perceptions of Gender and Schooling.
- Eudine Barriteau (Ed.) Confronting Power, Theorizing Gender: Interdisciplinary Perspectives in the Caribbean.

Ongoing Publication
CGDS Working Paper Series
Earlier P ublications.
Jamaica . Barbara Bailey. Background paper written for A Review of Gender Issues in the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica. Discussion Draft LCC3C Country Management Unit- Gender Group, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Unit. Latin America and the Caribbean Region, The World Bank. 2002.
Gendered Realities: An Anthology of Essays on Caribbean Feminist Thought (2002) Patricia Mohammed (Ed.) Kingston, Jamaica: UWI Press.
The Political Economy of Gender in the Twentieth Century Caribbean. EudineBarriteau. London and New York: Palgrave Press. (2001).
Stronger, Surer, Bolder: Ruth Nita Barrow - Social Change and International Development. Eudine Barriteau and Alan Cobley (Eds.) CGDS, Cave Hill and Kingston, Jamaica: UWI Press. (2001).
Guidelines for the Use f Non-Sexist Language at the University of the West Indies . Valerie Youssef and Beverly Anne Carter. St. Augustine: Centre for Gender and Development Studies, The University of the West Indies. (2001).
Issues of Gender and Education in Jamaica: What about the Boys ? Barbara Bailey. Kingston, Jamaica: UNESCO. (EFA in the Caribbean: Assessment 2000 Monograph Series) (2000).
A Comments on male underachievement . Barbara Bailey. In: You We: Quality Assurance Forum, UWI. No.4. 2000: 24-26.
A School failure and success: A gender analysis of the 1997 General Proficiency Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) examinations for Jamaica. Barbara Bailey. Journal of Education and Development in the Caribbean . 4(1) 2000. pp.1-18.
Gender and education in Jamaica: What about the boys? Barbara Bailey. EFA in the Caribbean: Assessment 2000 Monograph Series. Kingston, Jamaica: UNESCO, (2000:63)
Entrepreneurial Skills for Women in Micro-enterprise: Training Manual (Barbara Bailey & Joan Browne). Kingston, Jamaica: Centre for Gender and Development Studies, Regional Coordinating Unit, The University of the West Indies, 2000.
A Micro-enterprise development in Jamaica Barbara Bailey & J. Browne). In: De Pauli Liliana (Ed.) Women's Empowerment and Economic Justice.New York: United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). 2000. Pp.52-62.
Gender Issues in Caribbean Education : a Manual for Teacher Education. Monica Brown , Yasmeen Yusuf-Khalil, & Barbara Bailey. Commissioned by the Caribbean Community Secretariat (CARICOM) Kingston, Jamaica: CARICOM in collaboration with the Centre for Gender and Development Studies, Regional Coordinating Unit, The University of the West Indies, 2000.
The Construction of Gender Development Indicators for Jamaica. Patricia Mohammed (Ed.) Kingston, Jamaica: Planning Institute of Jamaica. (2000).
Caribbean Women at the Crossroads: The Dynamics of Decision-Making among
Caribbean Sociology: Introductory Readings . Rhoda Reddock and Christine Barrow. Kingston, Jamaica: Ian Randle Publishers. (2000).
Challenges of Multi-grade Teaching in Rural Jamaica Barbara Bailey & Norma Whittaker). The New Clarion. 1(1):32-35. Summer,1999.
Caribbean Women. Patricia Mohammed and Althea Perkins. Kingston, Jamaica: Canoe Press and New York, IPPF. (1999).
Gender in Caribbean Development . Patricia Mohammed, and Catherine Shepherd (Eds.) Port of Spain, Trinidad: Women and Development Studies Project. (1988 & 1999).
Caribbean Portraits: Essays on Gender Ideologies and Identities . Christine Barrow (Ed.). Kingston, Jamaica: Ian Randle Publishers. (1998)
Gender: A Caribbean Multidisciplinary Perspective . Elsa Leo-Rhynie, Barbara Bailey, and Christine Barrow (Eds.) Kingston, Jamaica: Ian Randle Publishers. (1997).
Gender and Development: Theoretical Perspectives . Contributors from CGDS, UWI, SIGAD, St. Mary and Dalhousie Universities. Vancouver, Canada: The Commonwealth of Learning (COL). (1996)
Women, Labour and Politics in Trinidad and Tobago: a History . Rhoda Reddock. London: Zed Books and Kingston, Jamaica: Ian Randle Publishers . (1994).