Six Guyanese organisations that focus on women and gender and LGBTQ issues are now among the 27 Caribbean beneficiaries of direct funding from the Canadian government’s Women’s Voice and Leadership (WVL) Project.
The six local organisations are the Makushi Research Unit, the Wapishana Women’s Movement, Women’s Wednesdays, Red Thread, the Guyana Rainbow Foundation (GuyBow) and Guyana Trans United.
The project is a part of a CDN $150 million global programme funded by the Canadian government to provide support for local women’s organisations and movements that advance women’s rights.
The launching of the project for the six local organisations and three from Suriname was done virtually last Thursday via Zoom by the High Commission of Canada to Guyana and Suriname in partnership with the Equality Fund and the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice.
