Guyana yesterday joined 200 countries around the world to host the ‘One Billion Rising’ gathering, demanding an end to all forms of violence against women.
Women, men and children came together in the Promenade Gardens for the common cause in an afternoon of speeches, poems and dancing. But more importantly, the event provided a forum for women to bond in sisterhood and for some to share their personal experiences of violence or of witnessing same. Talks were given on sexual harassment, domestic violence,