Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Priya Manickchand
As Guyana joins the world in celebrating International Women’s Day we should, as a people, applaud the advances our country has made in achieving equal rights, equal opportunities and progress for all in our country. I salute all those men and women who have worked tirelessly towards this end. While we could be justly proud of the achievements we have made in this regard, because women have been downtrodden across the world for centuries, challenges to fully achieving true equality hover over us and threaten to stagnate the advances we have made.

As a people we must guard against any kind of behaviour that promotes division in our country’s quest to attain full equality for women. As women we must be even more vigilant.

I am firmly of the view that present-day women leaders are best placed in our country, perhaps in our history, to work across partisan lines to further advance the efforts at attaining equality.

I am committed to this and will continue to make effort at promoting an atmosphere of working together on common causes. I urge that as we celebrate our many achievements today and henceforth, all Guyanese commit to making efforts to attain real equality for women.

I implore that the efforts of women in particular be redoubled.

Happy International Women’s Day!