Mia Amor Mottley became Barbados' eighth and first female Prime Minister on May 25, 2018.
Ms Mottley was elected to the Parliament of Barbados in September 1994 as part of the new Barbados Labour Party Government. Prior to that, she served as one of two Opposition Senators between 1991 and 1994. One of the youngest persons ever to be assigned a ministerial portfolio, Ms. Mottley was appointed Minister of Education, Youth Affairs and Culture from 1994 to 2001. She later served as Attorney General and Deputy Prime Minister of Barbados from 2001 to 2008 and was the first female to hold that position. Ms Mottley is an Attorney-at-law with a degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science, specialising in advocacy. She is also a Barrister of the Bar of England and Wales. In 2002, she became a member of the Local Privy Council. She was also admitted to the Inner Bar, becoming the youngest ever Queens Counsel in Barbados.
Esther Phillips is the founder and director of Writers Ink Inc. as well as the Bim Literary Festival & Book Fair. She is the editor of the iconic BIM: Arts for the 21st Century and was the producer of the CBC radio programme, What’s That You’re Reading? She initiated the Bridgetown Literary Tour and is a retired Chair of the Frank Collymore Literary Endowment Committee. In March 2018, Esther Phillips was appointed the first Poet Laureate of Barbados and was recently re-appointed.
Speakers:
Mia Amor Mottley
Esther Phillips
Chair:
Professor Eric Neumayer
Moderator:
Dr Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah
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