Linnette Vassell is a Jamaican academic, writer, and feminist, who advocates for gender equity and community management of water resources.
Vassell has a master of philosophy degree in history from the University of the West Indies.
[1] In 1976, she became the first coordinator of the left-wing activist organization the Committee of Women for Progress where she pushed for legal reforms.
[2] In 2019, she was named as a Living Legacy Honoree by the Caribbean Community of Retired Persons[3] and by 2021 she was working at the Ministry of Water and Housing.
[4] In 2022, she won the University of Technology's Ubuntu Essence of Humanity Trophy in recognition of her contributions towards the 1970's Minimum Wage Act, and the Maternity Leave Act; and for her impact in enabling community control of water and sanitation systems for those in inner-city low-income, rural and remote communities in Jamaica.