With funding from Canada, a new project spearheaded by the Justice Education Society was yesterday launched with the aim of strengthening access to justice for women, girls and Indigenous peoples.
The four-year project, was launched at the Umana Yana in Kingston, Georgetown, will focus on building the technical capacity of justice actors to respond to sexual and gender-based violence targeting women and girls through training and assistance to the Guyana Police Force, the Director of Public Prosecutions and the judiciary, as well as remote Indigenous populations, where lack of access to justice is a principal concern, especially for women and girls.
A pilot of the project will be rolled out with the aim of building the capacity of Indigenous women and leaders through the National Toshaos’ Council, women’s groups, and civil society organisations. Through the pilot phase the project will look at coordinating and strengthening remote police detachments, delivering gender transformative and rights-based public legal education to support women and girls.
