Speak out against gender-based violence

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From left to right: Ben ter Welle, Honorary Consul of Germany to Guyana; Manager of the Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Policy Unit at the Ministry of Social Protection, Akeelo Doris; British High Commissioner Greg Quinn, First Lady, Sandra Granger, Ruta Drizyte-Videtic, the wife of the European Union Ambassador to Guyana and other attendees acknowledging a moment of silence for lives lost due to gender-based violence. (Ministry of the Presidency photo)
From left to right: Ben ter Welle, Honorary Consul of Germany to Guyana; Manager of the Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Policy Unit at the Ministry of Social Protection, Akeelo Doris; British High Commissioner Greg Quinn, First Lady, Sandra Granger, Ruta Drizyte-Videtic, the wife of the European Union Ambassador to Guyana and other attendees acknowledging a moment of silence for lives lost due to gender-based violence. (Ministry of the Presidency photo)

First Lady, Sandra Granger on Saturday appealed to citizens to speak out against gender-based violence.

She was speaking at the closing of 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence (GBV), hosted by the Delegation of the European Union (EU) in Guyana, at its office at Sendall Place, Georgetown, according to a release from the Ministry of the Presidency.