The University Of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus conferred honorary degrees on three outstanding Caribbean women at their graduation held today. The honorary graduands are: Dame Maizie Barker-Welch and Dame Dame Billie Miller from Barbados and Dame Cécile Ellen La Grenade from Grenada. Congratulations to the Ladies! This was indeed a great day for women in Barbados and the Caribbean. Here is a brief on the ladies: DAME BILLIE MILLER – Honorary Doctor of Laws - LLD Dame Maizie Barker-Welch has a distinguished record of service at the national, regional and international levels in the fields of community and women in development, ageing, and politics. Her developmental work in Barbados and the region spans seven decades. She is the founder of the St. Joseph Action Group, an NGO which helped to address the concerns of women in rural areas in Barbados. She has served in senior positions in various national and regional organisations devoted to those causes, and represented Barbados repeatedly on the global stage. She has also had a political career, and has received a number of outstanding awards. DAME BILLIE MILLER – Honorary Doctor of Laws - LLD From 1969-1976, and 1987-1994, Dame Billie Miller worked as a practising Barrister and attorney-at-law specialising in family law.She was the only woman practising at the private Bar in Barbados at the time. She has had an active and prolonged political career, and was the first woman to sit in the Cabinet of Barbados. The accolade Dame of St. Andrew (Barbados’ highest honour), was conferred on her by the Governor General in 2003 in recognition of her distinguished career and her outstanding contribution to Barbados, to international organisations and to politics. In 2008, she was Laureate for the United Nations Population Award in recognition of her stellar contribution to the awareness of population issues. DAME CÉCILE ELLEN LA GRENADE - Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science Dame Cécile La Grenade is a Grenadian food scientist who was sworn in as a Governor-General of Grenada, Carriacou, and Petite Martinique in 2013. She is Grenada’s first female governor-general. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from The UWI, as well as a Master’s degree and doctorate in Food Science from the University of Maryland, Washington. Dame Cécile was also appointed a Dame Grand Cross of the order of St. Michael and St. George by Queen Elizabeth II in 2013.
Posted on: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 22:51:22 +0000
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