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* Click [http://www.equaldex.com/region/guyana here] to learn about LGBTQ rights and laws in Guyana, and click [https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2017/03/26/transgender-activists-in-guyana-are-fighting-against-archaic-laws/ here] to learn about the struggles faced by transgender activists in Guyana. It is important to note that, as of May 2018, homosexuality is illegal in Guyana and the punishment for homosexuality is life in prison. There are no legal protections against LGBTQ-related discrimination. It is also illegal to change gender or to be a "cross-dresser," thereby rendering transgender identity to be illegal as well. | * Click [http://www.equaldex.com/region/guyana here] to learn about LGBTQ rights and laws in Guyana, and click [https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2017/03/26/transgender-activists-in-guyana-are-fighting-against-archaic-laws/ here] to learn about the struggles faced by transgender activists in Guyana. It is important to note that, as of May 2018, homosexuality is illegal in Guyana and the punishment for homosexuality is life in prison. There are no legal protections against LGBTQ-related discrimination. It is also illegal to change gender or to be a "cross-dresser," thereby rendering transgender identity to be illegal as well. | ||
* [https://www.facebook.com/pg/GuyanaWomenMinersOrganisation/about/ Guyana Women Miner's Association]: "GWMO is dedicated to improving the conditions of women in the mining industry and to expanding their opportunities, and to ensuring that benefits that accrue from the industry are used in ways that are beneficial to both women and the society as a whole." Email: guyanawomenminers@yahoo.com. Phone: +592 223 6978. | |||
* [https://www.facebook.com/pg/RedThreadWomenGuyana/ Red Thread Women Guyana]: "Red Thread's goal is to organize with women, beginning with grassroots women, to cross divides and transform our conditions. We provide services to women and children exploited in unequal power relations and simultaneously work to change those relations." Call (592) 227-7010; (592) 223-6254. Email: redthreadguyana@gmail.com | |||
* [http://www.guyanaassociationofwomenlawyersonline.org/ Guyana Association of Women Lawyers]: "The GAWL was founded in April, 1987 with the primary aim of giving legal advice and assistance to women in the society. It was founded mainly through the efforts and dynamism of the Hon. Justice Desiree Bernard, now a Justice of the Caribbean Court of Justice, Guyana’s highest Court of Appeal." Address: 39 Brickdam, Stabroek, Georgetown, Guyana. Phone: +592 225 8102. Email: contact@gawl.inc@gmail.com | |||
* [http://www.devnet.org.gy/guyanagateway/node/89 Pomona Women and Youth Reaching Out]: "To better the lives of women and youths in Region 2 and the country as a whole by supporting them and providing them with opportunities for personal development." Address, telephone and email Lot 23 Pomona Housing Scheme | |||
Cell: 618-0886. | |||
* Rural Women's Network: "To promote the sustainable development of groups of rural women and their communities." Address, telephone and email: ruralwomen@yahoo.com, 228-6099, 226,8835 | |||
* Sunflower Striving Women's Organization: "To provide opportunities for training individual in order to provide self- development literacy and a social community." Tel. 617-3621. | |||
* Sunshine Women and Youth Group: Address: "Sunshine women and youth group collaborates with parents and teachers to enhance the lives of women and youth in region three (3) to achieve their greatest potential and respect as full participants through skill development programmes, peer counselling, health and public awareness efforts." 176, Ocean View Uitvlugt West Coast Demerara, Phone: 629-8007. | |||
* Toevlught Patentia Women's Upliftment Group: "To encourage women to participate in meaningful activities that will help them to enjoy a better quality of life" Address: Patentia West, West Bank Demerara. Tel. 267-2693. | |||
* Women's Studies Unit - Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Guyana: Address: P.O. Box 101110, Georgetown, Guyana. Tel: 63691 | |||
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