UWI sociologist and international development consultant, Dr. Leith Dunn, has been named a member of the Commonwealth Observer Group for the Presidential, Parliamentary and Local Government Elections to be held in Zambia this month.
Dr. Dunn, who left the island last weekend, will participate at the request of the Commonwealth Secretary General, His Excellency Don McKinnon. She will be part of a ten-member delegation of eminent persons drawn from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean who will also observe the elections. The Commonwealth Observer Group is headed by the former Prime Minister of Mauritius, Hon. Paul Berenger.
Dr. Dunn is Head of the Mona Unit of the UWI Centre for Gender and Development Studies and a leading researcher in social and economic issues affecting women and children globally. She is the former Assistant Representative at the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and has held senior programme officer positions with the Canadian development agency CUSO and the British aid agency Christian Aid.