Girls Assemble, a gender and political development programme, which yearns for the participation of Guyanese girls in their country’s politics, has been launched by the Imperial House.
The programme was launched on October 15 to commemorate International Day of the Girl Child, which was celebrated on October 11 and saw 66 young women of Guyanese descent applying to get involved in the programme.
Girls Assemble was inspired by Pink Parliament, an initiative of Life in Leggings: Caribbean Alliance Against Gender-based Violence under the mission, “to increase women’s participation in politics through the empowerment of girls.” The launch was done in the format of a roundtable discussion on “The Power of the Girl: Our Time is Now – Our Rights, Our Equal Future.”
