A group of Non Governmen-tal Organisations (NGOs) has called for timely access to justice for all women and girls who suffer sexual discrimination, abuse and exploitation and for women and girls in hinterland locations to have access to courts at least once per month complemented with indigenous language interpreters.
This call was among 26 recommendations made by the NGOs to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and the organisations included Partners for Peace and Development, Guyana Asso-ciation of Professional Social Workers, Women Across Differences and the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD). The groups lobbied the committee members to include the 26 recommendations in their outcome document for Guyana.
On Friday, members of Team Guyana, which reported to the CEDAW in New York on the country’s progress, said they were unhappy at the manner in which questions were posed by committee members and their reliance on “alternative sources.” They also said the country will shortly lodge an