UNDERSCORING the importance of women in society and their roles which contributes significantly to the oiling of these organs of society, Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNC/R), Brigadier David Granger admonished that “Girls should be in school, not being trafficked” at a gathering of the National Congress of Women (NCW), the Women’s arm of the PNC. 

The PNC leader who is also Presidential candidate for the A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) was at the time speaking at a women’s forum in observance of International Women’s Day held at the NCW Headquarters on Thursday March 5, 2015.
According to the Opposition Leader, it was key that women be properly educated and gainfully employed, given their roles in society as primary caregivers to their children.
He sought to encourage women to begin thinking of the knowledge and skills passed down to them from their own mothers as possible tools to be employed as entrepreneurs.
If elected President, Granger said his government would “revitalise the local government system” which he sees as a “path towards empowerment” where young men and women start their “apprenticeship” in the democratic system by “learning to serve others”.
In concluding, he highlighted that him being the seventh of eight children, has taught him to appreciate the work and sacrifice of the nation’s women and that he remains hopeful that occasions such as International Women’s Day will be used to take stock of the education, safety and economic well-being of our young girls and women.