GWMO collaborating with BK International to train two women to operate heavy-duty machinery

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President of the GWMO Simona Broomes, seated at left, along with GWMO US member Sonja Fiedtkou-Perry and local member Dana Jones with Head of the Carnegie School of Economics Penelope Harris, seated at right, during initial talks on the training of women miners at the organization
President of the GWMO Simona Broomes, seated at left, along with GWMO US member Sonja Fiedtkou-Perry and local member Dana Jones with Head of the Carnegie School of Economics Penelope Harris, seated at right, during initial talks on the training of women miners at the organization

This week the Guyana Women Miners Organisa-tion (GWMO) is to begin collaboration with BK International on a training exercise. This will see two women being trained to operate heavy duty machinery one of whom will also learn construction.

Since it started almost two years ago the organization has been touting the training of women in areas of work in the interior other than mining, and its President Simona Broomes recently told the Sunday Stabroek that they have finally been able to hammer out an agreement with the company to initially train two women with more to follow.

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