Gender inequality the source of high loss of human development in Guyana -UNDP

Of the seven Caribbean countries surveyed in the recent United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Citizens Security Survey, Guyana has experienced the greatest loss in human development caused by inequality between the respective achievements of men and women.

The survey, which was released last Wednesday in Trinidad, looked at the Gender Inequality Index (GII) which reflected women’s disadvantage in three dimensions—reproductive health,