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?