Aldrie Henry-Lee is a Professor of Social Policy and Director at the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies at the University of the West Indies (Mona Campus). She served as Associate Dean with responsibility for teaching and learning in the Faculty of Social Sciences, Mona from 2007 to 2015. Joining the UWI community in 1995, she has also taught at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Professor Henry-Lee is also the Chair of the annual Caribbean Child Research Conference. Professor Aldrie Henry-Lee is a sociologist who has conducted research and published in the areas of social protection, children’s rights and poverty in the Caribbean.