Opinion
Monitor, account, evaluate gender equity progress-Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women, PhumzileMlambo-Ngcuka
This year’s celebration of International Women’s Day is the first within the new 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Gender equality...
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Step It Up for Gender Equality- UNFPA’s Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin
For millions of women and girls around the world, gender equality and the full enjoyment of human rights remain elusive....
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Op-Ed: Celebrating International Women’s Day by US Embassy Charge D’Affaires, Bryan Hunt
As we near local government elections on March 18th and Guyana’s 50th anniversary of independence on May 26th, this year’s...
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Gender Equality by 2030- that’s the prize, says Women Lawyers Association
In keeping with the theme for this year, ' Gender Equality by 2030', the Guyana Association of Women Lawyers encourages...
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Welcome back to political reality, President Granger
Professor David Hinds. As one who took issue with President Granger’s initial comments on the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry...
Read moreDetailsEquating State Violence with the Resistance it engenders is wrong
Professor David Hinds. My critique of State Violence against citizens since Independence, including those who oppose the government has understandably...
Read moreDetailsLessons of Walter Rodney’s Assassination: We have to deal frontally with the question of State Violence
By Dr. David Hinds Professor David Hinds. Like other comrades of Walter Rodney, I welcome the findings of the Commission...
Read moreDetails“The cost of the fist is too high and this must stop”- PPP on International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
Violence Against Women continues to be a major cause of human rights violations against women in Guyana and around the...
Read moreDetailsOp-Ed: U.S. Embassy Recognizes the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
By U.S. Ambassador Perry L. Holloway The world community joins us today, November 25th, in recognizing the International Day for...
Read moreDetailsWorld Must End Violence against Women- UNFPA
Statement of UNFPA Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women One in three women worldwidehas...
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