Lack of urgency attends women’s rights issues – GHRA

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) is perturbed at the lack of urgency in the timeframe set for gender equality in this year’s International Women’s Day theme, which, it said, demonstrates a subordination of women’s rights to broader gender concerns.

In a press release issued on Monday, the GHRA citing the theme, ‘Planet 50-50 by 2030 – Step it up for Gender Equality,’ compared it with the resolve that attended migration and money laundering and noted that had lax timeframes been applied to these issues,