Gender and social activist and a justice seeking Christian, Reverend Patricia Sheerattan,-Bisnauth’s belief that God is sovereign in the world, love, justice and compassion has shaped her to be a servant to serve that larger purpose in keeping with her religion which is not prescriptive.
“We still have that colonial big stick about how we prescribe in Christianity. Christianity is still seen as a prescriptive religion when really and truly we don’t read the Bible with the eyes of those who really suffer. For me, without the connectedness of those who are suffering then we cannot really serve,” she told Stabroek Weekend.
As Chief Executive Officer of the Antigua-based Caribbean Family Planning Affiliation Limited (CFPA) since 2018, Sheerattan-Bisnauth, 61, has headed the establishment of a Caribbean observatory on sexual and reproductive health and rights, which looks at the linkages of gender-based violence. It is the first of its kind in the region.