The Women and Gender Equality Commission (WGEC) has called for more women in the elected leadership of the Indigenous Peoples.
In an open letter yesterday to the National Toshaos Conference in Georgetown, the WGEC noted that only 16% of the toshaos were women and only one was elected to the National Toshaos Council (NTC).
Congratulating the newly elected Toshaos, members of Village Councils and Community Development Councils in all the ten regions of Guyana, the WFEC said that it noticed with concern, the under-representation of elected women leaders. “Our gender analysis shows 16% women elected overall and