Jubilee exhibition seeks to honour women’s contributions to national development

Posters of a few of the women who are being honoured in the exhibition. .

The Women and Gender Equality Commission in partnership with the Ministry of Education’s Department of Culture, Youth and Sport has launched a jubilee exhibition to honour 56 women for their contributions to their respective communities and Guyana as a whole.

The exhibition was officially opened last Friday at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre, Liliendaal where it will be held for the next two weeks.

Minister within the Ministry of Education Nicolette Henry, during her brief remarks at the opening, said while gender equality is a human right, millions of women around the world continue to experience discrimination, both economic and social, resulting in fewer and poorer life choices and rendering them vulnerable to social ills.