Guyana

On International Women’s Day, March 8th 2010, women from the Guyana coastlands joined women from the interior in a powerful Mothers March marking the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day. The march, called by Red Thread and its network Grassroots Women Across Race, was held in the interior region of Mahdia, and organized on the ground by GWAR organisers Marbell, an Indigenous woman subsistence farmer and Marcie, an Afro-Guyanese woman small vendor.

DO WE HEAR THEM WHEN THEY CRY? AN OPEN LETTER FROM RED THREAD ON WHY WE ARE DEMANDING JUSTICE FOR CHILD VICTIMS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE NOW

Kaieteur News (May 9, “Rights of the Child Commission sworn in”) reported President Jagdeo as describing the recent and ongoing protest by the Coalition to Stamp out Violence as “cheap” because the protestors “knew that the government had to take care of a busy Parliamentary agenda which included crucial security legislation, such as wire-tapping..”.

WHY WE WANT THE LAW, REGULATIONS AND SUPPORTING INSTITUTIONS TO DEAL WITH SEXUAL VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN NOW!

Press Release from the Coalition to Stamp Out Sexual Violence against Children May 21, 2009 c/o Red Thread, 72 Princess and Adelaide Streets, Charlestown and Help & Shelter, Homestretch Avenue, Durban Park

Red Thread & GWAR Campaign Flyer #1: June 1, 2010

Men have declared open season on women and we are calling on all to make a stand to demand an end to the brutal maiming and killing of women.

Between the months of January and May 2010 thirteen (13) women were murdered viciously by their husbands or partners and numerous others were maimed.