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Beverley Anderson-Manley is Jamaica's former representative to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women and the OAS/CIM – the Women’s Section of the OAS. She is a gender and transformational trainer; consultant on Third World developmental issues, as well as issues of communications and gender. A Vice President of the Third World Foundation headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, Anderson-Manley was active in the politics of the Peoples' National Party in the 1970's and early 1980's. She has written numerous papers on Third World political, social and economic issues as well as articles on communications and transformation. She is well known in Jamaica, the Caribbean and the Third World as an expert on Gender and Development with particular emphasis on Policy issues. She has toured North American University campuses extensively over the last 15 years lecturing students and members of non-governmental organisations. She has also been a Visiting Professor on many of these campuses including Harvard University, Cornel University and Governors State University. In addition, in the fall of 1990,Anderson-Manley was the distinguished Carnegie International Fellow at Radcliffe/Harvard, where she carried out exhaustive research on gender issues. In September of 1994, Anderson-Manley was the guest of the British Government for one week. During this time, Anderson-Manley, toured Universities and broadcasting houses in keeping with her interests - Gender and Communications. Additionally, Anderson-Manley is a former co-producer and co-host for a weekday discussion programme on radio in Jamaica - The Breakfast Club. As part of its vision, the Breakfast Club maintains a dominant focus on Gender Issues. In the two years of its existence, this programme commands an audience that includes the top decision-makers in the country. A former first lady of Jamaica, Anderson-Manley continues to be a sought after speaker locally (in Jamaica); regionally (in the Caribbean) and in North America. In addition, she continues to participate in numerous conferences and research groups focusing on Gender and Development issues. During her tenure as first lady, Anderson-Manley travelled extensively overseas, participating in and leading delegations (both for the Government and the Peoples’ National Party)- leading discussions from a gender perspective. These travels included trips across North America, Scandinavia, Africa, the former Soviet Union and Cuba. Nationally, she worked tirelessly to promote developmental issues, including the rights of women and children. In keeping with this she spearheaded a number of policies and programmes that led to a decrease in the levels of discrimination against women and children. In mid-August, 1995, Anderson-Manley was guest of UNDP at the launching of the 6th Human Development Report in Oslo, Norway. In addition, she was a panellist on a series of debates sponsored by UNESCO during the fourth international conference on Women in Beijing, China, in September of 1995. In 1996 – she was a lead participant and consultant to the UNRISD/Centre for Policy Dialogue workshop – “Working Towards a More Gender Equitable Macro-Economic Agenda” held in Rajendrapur, Bangladesh. The workshop took place within the UNRISD/UNDP research programme on Technical Co-operation and Women’s Lives – co-ordinated by UNRISD and to which Anderson Manley was a Consultant. In 1998 – Anderson Manley participated in a two-week seminar on “Leadership and Authority in Systems” organised by the Grubb Institute in London. Her ongoing research is in the area of Gender and Policy in the Caribbean. She has carried out this research in various institutions including Howard University where she is a PHD Candidate; the Bunting Institute at Harvard University where was the Distinguished Carnegie Fellow in 1991 and Cornel University where she taught graduate students. A deeply spiritual person, Anderson-Manley facilitates workshops for her spiritual organisation, as well as corporate and non profit organisations. These are workshops in transformation – facilitating the process whereby, persons participate in their own transformation; the transformation of others and the transformation of life itself. This transformation lens provides clarity for a better understanding of Gender issues. Her workshops in the corporate world include extensive work in Systems Analysis, Visioning, Mental Models and Competency/Mastery. In this area she relies on the extensive work carried out by Professors at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (including Peter Senge) and the Society of Organisational Learning (SoL) of which she is a member. A sought after Organisational Development Practititioner/Trainer; International Gender Consultant, Educator and Motivational Speaker, Anderson-Manley has two children - Natasha, who graduated from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland (1996) and David who is a graduate of City University of London. Both children reside in London. In her quest to have a better understanding of organisational behaviour, Anderson-Manley recently participated in a Master’s Programme in Organisational Development at American University in Washington, DC. During the course of this programme diversity issues were addressed – sexual orientation, gender and social class. In addition, she has recently completed a series of intensive workshops in transformational training techniques, sponsored by Landmark Education Corporation that has its headquarters in San Francisco and operates in 100 cities worldwide. In 2002, she has participated in workshops at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) organised by the Society for Organisational Learning (SoL). This was a Core Competencies Course that concentrated on Visioning; Systems and Systems Thinking; Mental Models; Genuine Dialogue and Mastery. Presenters included Peter Senge (“The Fifth Discipline”) and William Isaacs (“Genuine Dialogue”). In that same year (2002) – Anderson Manley was a participant in the Leaders in Development Programme – Managing Political and Economic Reform at the Kennedy School, Harvard University. Anderson-Manley’s vision is to utilise all the techniques she has acquired as a media practitioner; as a political scientist and as an organisational development practitioner and as a Gender Expert to carry out programmes nationally, regionally and internationally that facilitate the transformation process – the essence of which are gender relations.
Hobbies include reading, acting, cooking, dancing, singing, listening to all types of music and mimicking – living life fully!
CURRICULUM VITAE 2. Political Scientist 3. Media/Mass Communications 4. Social Activist 5. Researcher 6. Social Activist 7.Organisational-Development/ Practitioner/Workshop Facilitator EDUCATION: Bachelor of Arts Degree University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica: 1978 Majors: History, Politics and English Literature Masters of Science Degree University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica: 1981 Thesis: Ideology and Programmes of the People's National Party (1938-1944) Doctoral Candidate Howard University, Washington, DC Majors: International Relations and Political Thought Minors: Research Methodology Dissertation Title: Gender and the State - A Caribbean Perspective – (thesis incomplete) Participant in Advanced Management Programme for Caribbean Managers (1989). Kingston Jamaica - (University of California at Berkeley, in cooperation with Jamaican Institute of Management Msc. - American University – (1998-1999) -Organisational Development – participated in half of the programme. Organisational Development – participated in numerous courses and workshops with National Training Institute in Washington and Landmark Education Corporation, San Francisco – ongoing. HONOURS AND AWARDS include: 1. Organization of American States (OAS) Award for Women Leaders, 1978 2. Jamaican Women of Distinction, 1986 National Award – Order of Distinction (OD) Commander Class for work done in the area of gender issues. WORK EXPERIENCE: 1992 to Gender Consultant Present Work for local and international organizations in policy analysis, training, communications and institutional strengthening. 1992 Consultant-Director. Bureau of Women's Affairs. - overall administrative responsibility for the Bureau - carrying out training in gender awareness with various departments within the Civil Service - gender policy and planning workshops with staff members and relevant civil service departments - working with international consultants and international agencies on gender issues and gender policy - consulting on videos on gender policy and planning; women and employment (non-traditional areas) - consulting on mobile exhibitions - eg. women and employment - researching/writing speeches on gender issues for Minister of Women's Affairs - conducting training workshops at the national and community levels on gender - facilitating workshops with the Administrative Staff College - on gender in project design - Meeting with Permanent Secretaries and members of the Political Directorate on Gender and Policy - Meeting with senior Directors on a sectoral basis (Health and Education) - facilitating training seminars on gender with members of the Inter-Ministry Committee - part of team that was involved in writing 5 year plan for women - Gender Policy: conducting series of ongoing workshops with senior Directors in Jamaican Civil Service - how to translate gender-awareness into planning tools and techniques for mainstreaming gender into policies, programmes and projects. - Parish Advisory Committees - ongoing gender awareness/gender sensitisation training workshops at the grass-roots (Parish) level 1991/1992 CIDA: two-year consultancy with Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA): carrying out Gender training for public sector staff and NGO's. OTHER ASSIGNMENTS: HIGHLIGHTS: 1994 Gender Consultant with United Nations Research Institute for Development (UNRISD): a) Carrying out research and organising Workshop for Senior Policy-makers and researchers in the Public Sector on Gender Considerations in Policy Design - including (Gender Industrialisation and Export Promotion) b) Supervisor of Briefing Paper on Gender and Export in Jamaica 1994/95 A. Gender Consultant with Inter-American Development Bank (IDB): a) Jamaica: Twelve-month consultancy with the Bureau of Women's Affairs (Jamaica) to carry out institutional strengthening for the Bureau. The consultancy focused on the following areas: i) Gender and Policy - training of senior policy makers in the public sector (Permanent Secretaries and Senior Project Officers) ii) Women in Export Production: training for women already involved in the export sector iii) preparation of videos (a) Gender Considerations in Policy Design and (b) Women in Export Production); as well as preparation of a Gender Training Manual; and a series of training of trainers workshops on Gender and Policy B. Suriname: - consulting with Suriname Bureau of Women's Affairs developing IDB programme for institutional strengthening of Bureau C. Barbados: (English-speaking Caribbean) - Inter-American Bank (IDB) Consultant -working with Barbados Bureau of Women's Affairs to develop programme for institutional strengthening to be funded by IDB. D. IDB Pre-Investment Programme: short term consultancy with responsibility for ensuring that Gender issues were integrated in the project profile for the Bank's Pre-Investment Programme. E. Women in Democracy Conference (Guadalajara, Mexico, April 5 to 7, 1994) - consulting with the IDB in the organisational arrangements and preparation for the Conference; preparing Briefing Paper for Conference on Women In Democracy in the English-speaking Caribbean - as background paper for conference. 1993 WORLD BANK: presentor at seminar on Social Funds and Fund-like projects - meeting the needs of poor urban women; also prepared Briefing Paper for Seminar on "Poverty and the Low-income organ woman in the English-speaking Caribbean - Jamaica as a case study. 1993 British Government - Guest of: itinerary included meetings with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); the Department of Government concerned with Women's Affairs; various Women's Organisations and community groups; University of Sussex (Gender and Development Department; Officials of the British Government; RIPA International Limited - discussions on Gender and Policy and various other groups in the Communications and Gender Fields. 1994/1995 UNICEF Consultant: ongoing training workshops: at senior policy levels grade 9 achievement level (preparing young women and men for careers in non-traditional areas; c) preparation of gender training manual; preparation of video, etc., re-working of National Policy Statement on Women and Plan of Action for Jamaica. 1994/95 CAST - College of Arts Science and Technology: Gender Consultant for the college involved in preparation of gender manual for lecturers; video on gender and education; slide shows; workshops with ancillary staff; students and Senior Policy-makers at the CAST Council level; Writing of documents on "How to Organise a workshop". Responsible for designing, facilitating and creating appropriate handouts for all workshops. 1994/1995 Participant in UNRISD Consultation in Geneva - Advisory workshop on the UNRISD/UNDP project "Technical Co-operation and Women's Lives: Integrating Gender into Development Policy. Participants drawn from Senior Consultants representing every region of the world – involved in research on Gender Policy issues. 1995 Fourth International Conference on Women, Beijing,China: panellist for UNESCO - High Level Debate on Gender issues with international Gender experts. VISITING FELLOW AT UNIVERSITIES IN USA 1991 Visiting Professor Cornel University (Ithaca, New York) Researcher and teaching course on "Gender and the State - A Caribbean Perspective" to Graduate students. 1990 Distinguished Carnegie, International Fellow at Radcliffe/Harvard University (Cambridge, Massachusetts) Research Project- "Gender and the State - A Caribbean Perspective" – discussions with Graduate Students and public lecture 1989-90 Advisor to the Minister in charge of Women's Affairs (Jamaica) a) presenting the Minister with overall plans for restructuring the Bureau b) increasing the implementation facilities of the inter-Ministry committee (a committee consisting of persons at senior policy levels in all Government Ministries) c) preparing training and development exercises for staff members d) working closely with consultants from donor agencies assigned to the Bureau e) assisting in the formulation of national policies f) assisting women in advocacy and information g) assisting in research and data collection h) organizing and assisting in the creation of parish advisory committees that operated on a voluntary basis i) assisting in the preparation of a five year development for women for inclusion in the national plan j) working closely with all governmental agencies in helping them to understand a gender analytical framework and gender analysis 1986-88 Teaching Assistant - Howard University. Taught introduction to Political Science; Political Theory 1985-86 Teaching Assistant - Department of Government, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica. Taught introduction to Political Science and Modern Political Thought Instructor - Institute of Mass Communications, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica. Taught courses dealing with radio and television - Advertising/Public Relations techniques 1972-83 As wife of Prime Minister of Jamaica and Gender Activist, became involved with: the establishment of a Day Care Programme and Day Care facilities for children in Jamaica. Also involved in providing facilities for women in Jamaica generally, including the struggle for Maternity Leave with Pay Law; the changing of legislation that discriminates against women and children; the provision of a basic school (age group 3-6 years) and a Day Care Centre on the grounds of the prime Minister's official residence (Jamaica House)(1974)- Other highlights as PM’s wife – including organising a conference of first ladies during Commonwealth PM’s conference- for first ladies who were interested in wider developmental issues. 1970-71 Programme manager (Radio) - Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation. Responsible for all radio output 1965-71 Producer/Broadcaster - Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation(JBC). Produced and broadcast a series of programmes for women and children on television and radio. CONFERENCES – HIGHLIGHTS: 1990-93 United Nations Commission on Women UNCSW). Delegate for Caribbean and Latin America 1989-94 Former principal delegate from Jamaica to OAS/CIM. Department within the Organisation of American States with responsibility for women. 1994 The Joint Committee for Tertiary Education (JCTE) - presented paper at Symposium on Gender Issues in Tertiary Education and Training. 1990 Meeting of Commonwealth Ministers of Women's Affairs, Canada 1995 Participant in UNESCO's Gender Media Seminar in preparation for Fourth International Conference on Women in Beijing, China, 1995. 1995 Panellist in Seminar, Oslo, Norway - launch - 6th Human Development Report (UNDP) - mainstreaming Gender Issues (prior to Beijing conference) 1989 Speaker, Commonwealth Finance Ministers' Meeting, Kingston, Jamaica on Gender Issues 1985 Delegate to NGO Forum, Nairobi. End of Decade Conference 1980 Expert, Preparatory Meeting for Mid-Decade Conference on Women, Copenhagen 1976 Fifth Non-Aligned Summit, Havana. 1975 Leader, Jamaica's Delegation to International Women's Year Conference, Mexico ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERSHIP: Vice President - Third World Foundation, Chicago, Illinois, as well as Head of Women's Section. VISITING PROFESSORSHIPS AND LECTURE TOURS NORTH AMERICA: extensive lecture tours of North America, including: 1982 WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY, New York. Lecture Member of Caribbean contingent that carried out a comparative analysis of developmental models (Grenada and Jamaica) The lecture focused on a plan to develop that was attempted for the first time in the English speaking Caribbean, outside of the Liberal Democratic tradition. The following areas were assessed, in discussing Grenada's experiment: - perspective of the "actors" inside and outside of Grenada - Grenada's internal situation - the New Jewel Movement - major tenets and characteristics 1981 NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, Chicago, Illinois. Lecture Distinguished International visitor for one week, during which time several lectures and workshops were carried out, mainly around the topic - The Jamaican Political Process: The People's National Party as a case study (1981) – the role of women. In this lecture, the decolonisation process in Jamaica provided a backdrop for exploring the Jamaican situation and the Role of Women. The following major topics were discussed in light of developmental paths available to third world countries and the right of sovereign nation states to pursue paths to development in keeping with their historical, social, economic and political heritage and the role of women. 1990 HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Lecture Women and Development in the Third World The lecture examined from an international perspective, women's issues and differences between first world and third world women. The central thesis is that the women's struggle for liberation is an integral part of the wider struggle for equal rights and justice for all persons in developing nations. 1993 GOVERNOR'S STATE UNIVERSITY, Chicago, Illinois: a series of lectures on: a) Gender and Development - a Third World Perspective The Development of Civil Society in the Third World. HAVARD/RADCLIFFE/BUNTING INSTITUTE – Distinguished Carnegie International Fellow – Researching Gender and Policy issues for 6 months. CORNELL UNIVERSITY – RESEARCH FELLOW FOR 6 MONTHS - RESEARCHING GENDER AND POLICY ISSUES. PUBLICATIONS: - HIGHLIGHTS 1995 Article in Essence Magazine's 25th Anniversary Issue (April, 1995) 1994 Jamaica Preparing for the Twenty-first Century - Paper on Gender Considerations in Policy Design (The Planning Institute of Jamaica) - Ian Randle, Publishers, Kingston, 1994. 1994 Gender Issues in Tertiary Education and Training (The Joint Committee for Tertiary Education) 1991 Women Transforming Societies: Sub-Saharan Africa and Caribbean Perspectives (Revised Edition, 1994) - Paper on Gender and the State - A Caribbean Perspective. Published by Harvard/Radcliffe, Boston, Massachusetts. BROADCASTING EXPERIENCE 1960’s Started out as a Production Assistant on Television at the Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation (JBC) and then worked in different areas including producer/presenter on Radio Programmes like Jamaica Woman; the Red Stripe Club and producer presenter on Television programmes; Newscaster etc. 1992 - 2005 Co-producer/Co-presenter of popular morning discussion programme - the Breakfast Club - a programme with a target group of policymakers and opinion makers, which examines and analyses historical and current issues at the international, regional and national levels. The programme is facilitated by experts throughout the world who join discussions on the telephone or in person. Among persons appearing on the programme recently - Jean Bertrand Aristide, President of Haiti; Michel Camdessus, Head of the World Bank; Jesse Jackson, African American Presidential Aspirant; Randall Robinson, Founder and Head of Transafrica in Washington; US Congressman Charles Rangel - as well as experts from Asia, Africa and the Latin American and Caribbean region. The programme also spends a great deal of time examining gender issues: Gender and Policy; Gender and education; Gender and Health, particularly issues to do with abortion; Gender Identity; Sexual stereotyping and Sexuality. Currently writing Memoirs on her role as first lady in the 1970’s.with an emphasis on how Gender Issues at the personal, political and policy levels have impacted on her life. |
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