Christine Barrow is Professor of Social Development,
and has worked with the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill
Campus since 1970. Prof. Barrow was attached to the Department
of Government, Sociology and Social Work, which she headed from
1990 to 1993 and 1996 to 1999. She also was Coordinator for the
Women and Development Studies Group from 1987 to 1988. She was
appointed Deputy Principal in August 2002.
Prof. Barrow’s research interests include Caribbean kinship,
Gender, Children, and Social Development and she has published
extensively in these areas. She has also acted as a Consultant
for United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the Department
for International Development (DFID), Caribbean Support
Initiative (CSI) and other local and International Agencies;
and was President of the Barbados Family Planning Association
from 2001 to 2003.
Abstract: Men
and Women in Love, Marriage and Divorce: A Changing Conjugality
in Barbados?