Oluatoyin Alleyne

“I happy fuh school to open. I know it guh be a lil hard because now you have to think about putting things in the lunch kit when before you know wah ever lil you get you just cook and left fuh them.

The deaths of two of his beloved singers due to their addiction of drugs is what drove an adult Shirvington Hannays to become a clinical supervisor, addiction counsellor and TeleHealth mental health professional, but he took this route also when he was at the lowest point in his life and was on the verge of ending it.

At 26 and the mother of a 15-month-old baby, Nadine Jalil-Rahat has not experienced any form of abuse, but she has seen and heard enough to take action.

During last week the public at large viewed a shocking video of a young woman being viciously abused.

As a child, Vidya Ketwaroo was a regular visitor to the hospital because of illness and it was there she fell in love with the nurse’s uniform and knew one day it would be hers to wear.

“Every month is a different story. Some months there is nothing and some other months it is not even half of what is supposed to be there.

A rank who was probing the rape complaint of 18-year-old Tonika Calder, who later died by suicide, was charged with criminal negligence earlier this year but the matter was thrown out by a magistrate at the Vigilance court because the charge  was ruled as “bad in law,” according to sources.

As a teenager Lady Eve (not her real name) had such painful periods that she rolled on the floor and the flow was so heavy that she was period shamed countless times by her schoolmates.

As a child Tennesha Bristol experienced sexual abuse at the hands of a relative and it was subsequently compounded by verbal abuse from other family members who blamed her for what was done to her and did not offer the support she so desperately needed.

 This week, a sister walks us through the process of her divorce and filing for child support.

Nine years ago businesswoman Han Granger-Gaskin gave birth to her fourth child and hours after his birth she was told that from all indications he had Down syndrome.

“It is really heartbreaking. Sometimes you are feeling that you are the only one facing this and the court is being unfair and you are being treated terribly but there are so many other women who are going through the same thing.

If a young Heather Morris had her way, she would have become an artist, a pianist or even a lawyer but with guidance from her father she walked into the medical field and today as a dermatologist she is where she belongs.

Last Monday, a beautiful life ended tragically. Trudy De Haarte was more than the woman who walked in the Brickdam Police Station and ended her life with the stun gun she had used when rescuing countless dogs and other animals; she had a passion for this work.

Gwendolin Tross has survived cancer four times, the most recent being last year, but as painful as those diagnoses and follow-up treatments have been, a continuous ache for this 81-year-old retiree is the state of nursing in Guyana.

“At times I sit down, and I cry because I don’t know what else to do.

Navigating the world of business as a woman can be frustrating and there are times when one reaches the point of being burnt out.

A sister recently went through a divorce. Below she writes about part of the experience and also gives some sound advice.

Women generally shy away from talking about their vaginas and are ashamed at times to seek help when all is not well with that important organ of their body.

Depression and anxiety are mental health problems, but people are often afraid to admit that they are struggling with these complaints because they are ashamed or do not want to be labelled as mad.