Folade Mutota
Executive Director, Women's Institute for Alternative Development (WINAD) (Trinidad and Tobago)
twitter: @folademutota web: winad.org
email: foladem [at] gmail [dot] com
phone: (868) 680.0354 skype: folade.mutota
Executive Director, Women's Institute for Alternative Development (WINAD) (Trinidad and Tobago)
twitter: @folademutota web: winad.org
email: foladem [at] gmail [dot] com
phone: (868) 680.0354 skype: folade.mutota
gender | small arms and light weapons (SALW) | Latin America (Caribbean) | ATT
Folade Mutota is Executive Director and one of the three founders of the Women's Institute for Alternative Development (WINAD) based in Trinidad and Tobago. A women's rights advocate and leader with a track record of success in advancing and protecting the rights of women and girls, and under-served communities, Mutota also coordinates the Caribbean Coalition for Development and the Reduction of Armed Violence (CDRAV), a coalition of NGOs and academics that work to reduce and prevent gun violence in the Caribbean. She led the CDRAV campaign to bolster CARICOM's role in the negotiations of the Arms Trade Treaty. An international gender and arms control expert, Folade's unique perspective is influenced by her Caribbean reality and grassroots philosophy which analyzes gender dynamics in a way that considers the specificity of place, social locations, and identity.
Recent Publications:
Folade Mutota is Executive Director and one of the three founders of the Women's Institute for Alternative Development (WINAD) based in Trinidad and Tobago. A women's rights advocate and leader with a track record of success in advancing and protecting the rights of women and girls, and under-served communities, Mutota also coordinates the Caribbean Coalition for Development and the Reduction of Armed Violence (CDRAV), a coalition of NGOs and academics that work to reduce and prevent gun violence in the Caribbean. She led the CDRAV campaign to bolster CARICOM's role in the negotiations of the Arms Trade Treaty. An international gender and arms control expert, Folade's unique perspective is influenced by her Caribbean reality and grassroots philosophy which analyzes gender dynamics in a way that considers the specificity of place, social locations, and identity.
Recent Publications:
- Leadership and Small Arms Control: A Global Women’s Conversation, Women's Institute for Alternative Development (WINAD), January 2022.
- "The threat of gun violence: a constant companion for women,” International Action Network on Small Arms, November 27, 2020.
- "A Pilot Study on the Role of Women in Communities: The Case of East Port of Spain," United Nations Development Programme, March 2018.