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UNITED States-honoured 2013 Anti-Trafficking in Persons hero, Ms. Simona Broomes, said yesterday that she had learnt much about modern day slavery and methods for its elimination during her recent visit to the United States to receive her award. 
She has returned home armed with this knowledge and is intent on sharing it with all stakeholders to help ensure that exploitation of young girls and children in the gold mining sector or any other sector is eradicated.
Speaking at a media conference, just a few hours after her return, the head of the Guyana Women Miners Organisation (GWMO) said that she is looking for more prosecutions and more sanctions for the offence of Trafficking In Persons and child labour, wherever these are uncovered.
She stressed that the parents of the victims should be among those severely punished.
“The parents are a part of the evil. They should be held accountable. They should not be allowed to go scot free.”
Broomes said that although members of the GWMO were in mining to make money and had their business to look after, they had all agreed that fighting trafficking in persons and child labour was just as important as making money.
The GWMO, she said, continues to stand ready and willing to work with all stakeholders, including government, non-government organisations (NGOs), religious organizations and those in the mining sector to eradicate TIP and child labour.
She called on all stakeholders to join the GWMO in the fight.
She added, “We in the GWMO are optimistic about the eventual eradication of this scourge on young girls and children. The battle continues.”
Ms. Broomes was among nine persons from across the world recently honoured by United States Secretary of State, John Kerry as a 2013 Anti-Trafficking in Persons hero acting to end modern day slavery.
The award recognized her courageous efforts in finding and assisting victims of trafficking in Guyana by engaging the government and raising public awareness, and for incredible leadership in promoting rights and empowerment in the mining industry.
She has returned home armed with this knowledge and is intent on sharing it with all stakeholders to help ensure that exploitation of young girls and children in the gold mining sector or any other sector is eradicated.Speaking at a media conference, just a few hours after her return, the head of the Guyana Women Miners Organisation (GWMO) said that she is looking for more prosecutions and more sanctions for the offence of Trafficking In Persons and child labour, wherever these are uncovered.
She stressed that the parents of the victims should be among those severely punished.
“The parents are a part of the evil. They should be held accountable. They should not be allowed to go scot free.”
Broomes said that although members of the GWMO were in mining to make money and had their business to look after, they had all agreed that fighting trafficking in persons and child labour was just as important as making money.
The GWMO, she said, continues to stand ready and willing to work with all stakeholders, including government, non-government organisations (NGOs), religious organizations and those in the mining sector to eradicate TIP and child labour.
She called on all stakeholders to join the GWMO in the fight.
She added, “We in the GWMO are optimistic about the eventual eradication of this scourge on young girls and children. The battle continues.”
Ms. Broomes was among nine persons from across the world recently honoured by United States Secretary of State, John Kerry as a 2013 Anti-Trafficking in Persons hero acting to end modern day slavery.
The award recognized her courageous efforts in finding and assisting victims of trafficking in Guyana by engaging the government and raising public awareness, and for incredible leadership in promoting rights and empowerment in the mining industry.
