Outraged, embarrassed and in despair, but mistreated rape victim vows to overcome
“When I hear the verdict, not guilty, it sent me in a rage.
Women’s Chronicles
In the aftermath of Irma
“I am now waking up from the shock. You know, initially, I was in shock but now reality is stepping in and I am feeling emotional.
The tale of an illegal immigrant
“I was just 15 when me mommy tell me she sending me for a better life.
A woman’s woes
“You think I am happy?” she asks, her panting signalling that her baby is getting more difficult to carry by the minute.
Security guard struggles to get by on meagre wages as employer ignores labour laws
“Only the pillow can tell how many tears I shed. It has not been easy you know but I would not give up and even though they pay late and the money is small I bless God for it.
The market is her life and happiness is relative
“What you buying girlie? A gat celery, sweet peppa, bora all wah you want, a gat hay today.
The pain of miscarriage never goes away
“The pain never goes away,” she said passionately, gesticulating as she spoke.
Giving though she does not have enough
“I see her come out the office in a flood of tears and is like me heart just go out to her and I had to stop she and ask she wah happen.
Strength of a woman
“Yes so…,” and then she was silent for a few seconds, or longer.
In this day and age…
She is in her thirties, but still timid around her parents and older relatives.
A mother’s sorrow
“Mother’s Day is always a struggle for me because people believe I am not a mother.
A conversation with a fire victim
“I can’t sit down. I just have to get up, I have to get up and get.
After five-month separation battered wife says could reconcile if he ‘treat me better’
The first column on January 29, featured the experience of a battered woman’s struggle in dealing with a system that is not friendly towards women like her and dealing with her husband whose only intent is for her to return to their matrimonial home.
The life and times of a pavement vendor
“It is a daily struggle, some days are good but others like you don’t get no sale.
Struggles of a policewoman
“You think it easy? Let me tell you, the force stinks and if you don’t get a head on you shoulder it will destroy you, tek wah I telling you,” she said forcefully, her face contorting in the process.
‘It’s complicated’
“I can’t trust him, when he leaves the house I just know he is going to see somebody and my friends would tell me they does see him…,” she said almost to herself.
Bourda Market sojourn
She stopped at the stall on Bourda Street and looked around before quietly asking the price of a slice of pumpkin.
Making a pittance as a school cleaner and living on a prayer
She looks anxiously at her wristwatch before she begins to speak.
Housing dream takes on nightmarish proportions
It is the dream of many to own their own home and in Guyana this often entails purchasing a piece of land first through the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA), a process that in itself can be a struggle.
Teacher trades private school for public
Some people tend to look like they belong in certain professions.
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