The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security joined with UNDP and USAID/GEP on Tuesday to host a number of programmes recognising and celebrating the achievements of women in Guyana.
At an artistic programme co-organised with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and hosted at Theatre Guild, Minister of Human Services and Social Security Priya Manickchand said she was pleased to be at a gathering of women celebrating women of substance in Guyana and further afield. She said on a personal level, she had great difficulty imagining a world where women couldn’t vote and their opinions didn’t matter, a Government Information Agency (GINA) press release said. The minister saluted such women as Janet Jagan, Winifred Gaskin, Kowsilla and Desiree Bernard, who blazed a trail of success for women to emulate.
This year’s International Women’s Day observances are being held under the theme ‘Equal Access to Education, Training, Science and Technology, the pathway