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populations and the manner in which colonialism, traditional class structures and the struggle for economic survival effected men and women differently. Her work on the history of activism in the
Caribbean has shed light on how women initiated the move toward democratization from both political and
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in 1992. In 2001, she received UWI's Vice-Chancellor’s Award for
Excellence in Teaching and Administration, Research and Public Service. Reddock was the 2002 recipient of the Seventh CARICOM Triennial Award for Women and in 2008 was Trinidad's nominee for the
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Bertram Reddock. Her mother was a teacher and her father served as an agricultural officer and adviser to local farmers. She attended primary school at Kingstown Preparatory School on Saint Vincent, before her family relocated in 1960 to
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in the sociology department in 1990 and continued her research until 1993. The following year, she became the head of a new programme, the Centre for Gender and
Development Studies in St. Augustine. That same year, Reddock published
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241:(CAFRA), as well as a founder of the Caribbean Network on Studies of Masculinity. Reddock led research on a national initiative on child abuse which has been expanded into a region-wide programme and is supported by
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As a researcher, her work has focused on gender and sexuality in the
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In 1985, Reddock began working as a research fellow at UWI in the
Institute for Social and Economic Research and pressed for the development of a gender studies programme for UWI. She became a
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Reddock's activism and dedication to academics has been recognized on a national and international level. She was a recipient of the
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Green-Stewart, Sandria (2016). "Reddock, Rhoda Elizabeth (1953– )". In Knight, Franklin W.; Gates, Henry Louis Jr. (eds.).
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Rowley, Michelle (Summer 1998). "Review: Women, Labour and Politics in Trinidad and Tobago: A History by Rhoda Reddock".
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educator and social activist. She has served as founder, chair, adviser, or member of several organizations, such as the
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labour perspectives, linking feminist goals and nationalist movements.
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Mohanty, Chandra Talpade; Russo, Ann; Torres, Lourdes (1991).
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