Team Guyana, which reported to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) last week in New York, was unhappy at the manner in which questions were posed by committee members and their reliance on “alternative sources” and the country will shortly lodge an official complaint.
“Guyana wishes to express some concerns as to the way some questions were posed… We wish to place on record that we will formally indicate through the respective channels our specific concerns,” Minister of Human Services & Social Security Jennifer Webster told members of the media during a press conference yesterday at the Foreign Service Institute.
Asked about the specific concerns of the team, Minister of Education Priya Manickchand, who accompanied Webster to the forum along with Advisor on Governance Gail Teixeira, said: “We expressed concerns at the frequent use of alternative sources, especially where there were
