Leith Dunn
Leith Dunn, Ph.D, is a Sociologist and Gender Analyst, currently Honorary Research Fellow and former Senior Lecturer/Head of the UWI’s Institute for Gender and Development Studies Mona Unit, Jamaica. She is also a Research Affiliate in the Department of Sociology in Botswana under the Isaac Shapera Project. She holds a PhD from the London School of Economics and Political Science as well as an MSc (Sociology) and BA (Hons) UWI Mona. Leith’s research interests include gender mainstreaming in socio-economic development policies and programmes; sexual and reproductive health and rights; climate change and disasters; labour standards (human trafficking; domestic workers); trade, migration and rights of women children and persons with disabilities. In 2019, Apolitical.com names Leith among the 100 most influential persons globally for promoting gender equality policies.