Guy Hewitt
Guy Arlington Kenneth Hewitt (born November 1967), a minister of religion and social development specialist, held the ambassadorial appointment of High Commissioner of Barbados in London from 2014-2018.[1][2] He previously worked with the University of the West Indies,[3] Caribbean Policy Development Centre, Commonwealth of Nations, Caribbean Community, and the City and Guilds of London Institute.[4]
Hewitt has been a strong advocate for the Commonwealth of Nations and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) particularly for a change in the OECD Development Assistance Committee rules to allow Caribbean and other SIDS to access development financing when devastated by catastrophic storm systems.[5][6] In 2016, to celebrate Barbados' Fiftieth Anniversary of Independence he published Fathering A Nation on the life and legacy of Errol Barrow, the first Prime Minister of Barbados and one of the Barbadian National Heroes.[7] He previous wrote extensively on gender responsive national budgets.[8]
In 2018, he was one of the leading advocates on the Windrush scandal, in which he criticised the outcomes of the immigration policies of the British government on undocumented, elderly, West Indian-born, long-term UK residents which included the denial of the right to work, denial of benefits, denial of healthcare and also for some detention and deportation.[9][10][11][12] He published articles with Chatham House and the University of the West Indies on the Windrush scandal in which he outlines the strategy adopted to make the Windrush scandal a national concern and global issue and bring about a major policy u-turn.[13][14][15] Hewitt's agitation was included in the podcast series 100 Campaigns that Changed the World.[16]
In addition to his assignment to the Court of St James, Hewitt was the Permanent Representative to the UN International Maritime Organization, and a Governor on the Board of the Commonwealth Secretariat. He has also published a number of books and as an Anglican priest has ministered in Barbados and the wider Caribbean, the UK, North America and Europe.[1][4] He is currently based in Southeast Florida. [17]
References
- ^ a b "Podcast: Interview with Barbados High Commissioner Guy Hewitt on the campaign for justice for the Windrush Generation". www.churchtimes.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
- ^ "Heads of Mission in order of precedence and their spouses". gov.uk. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
- ^ Anon (2019). "Hewitt, Guy Arlington Kenneth". Who's Who. A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U282800.
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- ^ "Hurricane-hit islands deserve aid. The rules that block it are wrong". Guardian Newspaper. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
- ^ "Proud Member of the Commonwealth". Diplomat Magazine. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
- ^ "Fathering a Nation". Hansib.
- ^ "Engendering Budgets". ComSec.
- ^ "Windrush Scandal". CNN. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
- ^ "Windrush Kids told: Don't approach Home Office". BBC News. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
- ^ "A Call for Justice for Commonwealth Migrants". Church Times. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
- ^ "The Case of Guy Hewitt and the UK's Caribbean Windrush Generation". News Americas. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
- ^ "The Windrush Scandal: An Insider's Reflection". Taylor Francis. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
- ^ "Winning the Windrush Battle". Chatham House. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
- ^ "The Guardian Interview with Guy Hewitt". The Guardian. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
- ^ "The Windrush Scandal:1 of 100 Campaigns". Steve Tibbett. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
- ^ "Ambassador assumes Pastoral Role in Florida". Hollywood Gazette. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
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