With one woman fighting for her life after being brutally knifed and chopped allegedly by her fiancé and another chopped to death by her partner there is no question that intimate partner violence remains a serious problem in Guyana and to shine a light on this scourge a ‘Red Shoe’ project was hosted at Kingston Seawall Esplanade on Monday
The project, which took the form of a display of shoes, each pair representing the life of a woman who has been affected by gender-based violence, was hosted by the Civil Society National Reference Group (CSNRG) in collaboration with UN Guyana and the Women and Gender Equality Commission (WGEC).
While 28-year-old Thagewantie Motie, who died days after she was brutally chopped by her abusive reputed husband Uram Doorbassa who later died by suicide, and Leticia Reynolds, who is fighting for her life in hospital, were not able to tell their stories on Monday other victims took to the podium to share the devastating effects of gender-based violence
