Eudine Barriteau

Eudine Barriteau stands as a towering intellectual force in the Caribbean, challenging the region to confront the gendered foundations of its societies and economies. As a professor and principal at the University of the West Indies Cave Hill campus, she has built a career on rigorous, transformative scholarship. Her work moves beyond simply adding women to existing economic models; she interrogates the very structures of power, exposing how traditional policy often reinforces inequality. This theoretical work has had real-world impact, influencing how governments and institutions in the region approach development. Her leadership as president of the International Association for Feminist Economics placed Caribbean perspectives at the center of a global academic movement. More than an administrator or theorist, Barriteau is an institution-builder, mentoring generations of scholars and ensuring that the questions of gender, power, and justice remain essential to understanding the post-colonial Caribbean experience.