Oluatoyin Alleyne

“I am so scared, but I know I have to find out what is wrong.

It was the end of the working day and I was leaving the office when I saw her; she gave me a wave with a bright smile.

“It does really hurt me, some days I would just sit down and cry to know that I carry he for nine months and now I don’t have no baby,” she said in tears.

With 22 persons murdered as a result of domestic violence up to November 30th  of last year,  Manager of the Domestic Violence Policy Unit Akilah Doris is cognizant that more needs to be done; she believes all must work together to fight this issue and there is need “to stop normalising gender-based violence on a whole.”

“I am not sure who you talking about because we don’t use first names here, we use last names, but if you know where to find her you can go ahead,” she said, smiling sweetly as she spoke.

At age 25, Vishal Joseph can be seen as an old head, as while this trainee doctor has youth on his side, his outlook on life is far beyond his age and he is action-oriented as well.

“Sometimes I just get so frustrated as a mother that I wonder why I get children.

“I felt hurt, disappointed but it confirmed an inner fear I had for many years,” she said simply, describing how she felt when she found out that her husband of many years and father of her children, had sexually molested their only daughter.

Come Christmas Day, 24-year-old Sarafina Edghill will be found in the kitchen whipping up some of her fancy meals for her mom and brothers.

“It is just hard for me to see myself like this and the New Year is coming, and things are not getting better.

When Jocelyne Josiah retired from UNESCO and returned to Guyana after a career spanning some 30 years, she wanted to become involved in making a difference at the grassroots level.

“I thought having a baby was the best thing that could have happened to me.

She was faced with depression at an early age, which forced her to take time out from secondary school months before she wrote the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate, but today Lleuella Morris is miles ahead of that as not only does she own businesses, but she also uses that experience and the many others she has had over years to inspire others.

“He attack me on the road and people deh all around and nobody come to help me.

Head of Red Thread Karen de Souza has described the recent investigation into claims of sexual harassment made by women football referees as a “big step forward” in terms of the hierarchy of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) taking things seriously and being prepared to protect members and players. 

Following years of physical abuse at the hands of those closest to her, 17-year-old Aba Crawford decided to end it all by dousing herself in kerosene and scratching a match.

“It came to a point where I wish I had the strength to commit suicide. I

In the video, the two move in a dance and even though the moves are at times out of time with the beat of the music and the environment somewhat unkempt one initially gets the impression that they are a couple in love having fun; the caption is, “Nobody can stop this love”.

As Project Manager of the Citizens’ Security Strengthening Program-me (CSSP) some may say that Clement Henry has come a long way from being a minister of the gospel.

“I feel really bad and frustrated about this whole thing, me nah know why de police would do something like dah to me.