Dale Simon, Chairperson of Guyana Law Association (GLA (UK) and the Director of Equality and Diversity of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), has been honoured as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) on the Queen’s 2013 New Year’s Honours List, a release from the GLA (UK) said.
Simon is a founder member of the GLA (UK) and for the last 4 years has been the pivotal figure leading the CPS in embracing equality and diversity in its human resources policies, and in delivering more sensitive prosecution policies in all areas including those connected with Race, Gender and Domestic Violence.
She also has a major influence on the equality and diversity policies of other UK Government departments and other public sector organisations; and, despite a very busy schedule, she nonetheless finds time to contribute significantly to voluntary organisations like the GLA (UK).
The GLA (UK) is a ten-year-old non-governmental organisation (NGO) which has held many fundraising events to assist in covering the costs of the collection and shipment of donated law books and computers for the Justice system in Guyana.
Several shipments of books and computers (worth over £2 million) have been sent to Guyana and are available in the Supreme Court’s Library, the Law Library in Berbice, the Ministry of Legal Affairs and the University of Guyana. They are accessible to members of the judiciary, practitioners and students.
