A delegation comprising four young Guyanese from various civil society member organizations of the Guyana Equality Forum (GEF) last month attended a thematic hearing of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) in Washington, DC.
According to a statement issued by the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimina-tion (SASOD), the delegation comprised trans rights activist Twinkle Bissoon of Guyana Trans United (GTU) and SASOD; Kobe Smith, Vice-President of Guyana Responsible Parenthood Association’s Youth Advocacy Movement (GRPA’s YAM) and Neketa Forde, Trustee of the Guyana National Youth Council (GNYC), all of whom were led by Social Change Coordinator of SASOD and Coordinator of the GEF Jairo Rodrigues
The GEF delegation presented on the human rights situation affecting young persons in Guyana, specifically focusing on rights abuses against young persons; the lack of implementation of policies and laws that