3 Guyanese appointed to Women Deliver 2018 class

Three Guyanese youths have recently been selected to participate in the Women Deliver 2018 class of young leaders. The Women Deliver is in the habit of hosting global conferences which seek to discuss and create policy relative to women and girls’ rights and the advancement of gender equality.
This auspicious conference, held every three years, is reputedly the largest gathering of feminists, sexual reproductive health and rights’ advocates, maternal and child health advocates, government, and UN agencies with interest in women and adolescent health.
In excess of 3000 social advocates from around the world had applied for this year’s class. From which a handful of 300 were selected for the conference, 20 of which are Caribbean advocates and 3 are Guyanese.
The Guyanese delegates are Dr Faqueeda Watson, Dennis Anthony Glasgow and Kobe Juwan Smith, all of whom are advocates for women’s and sexual and reproductive health rights in Guyana. The trio will first participate in an online university throughout the course of this year, and will travel to Vancouver in 2019 for the Women Deliver global conference.
The global conference will see three hundred advocates from across the world gathering to discuss a plethora of issues, including sexual and reproductive health and rights; LGBTQ + rights; peace and security; water and sanitation; gender-based violence; education; maternal health, and political participation. At the fifth convening of the Women Deliver global conference in Vancouver, the class will collectively participate in a series of seminars and workshops to share their stories and build their capacity as advocates. The class will also have the privilege of networking with influencers, business owners, and other key stakeholders in women’s related issues.
The 2018 class of young leaders is said to be the most diverse class, with delegates hailing from 121 countries and speaking 98 languages. The class also includes 66 persons who have been affected by humanitarian emergencies, 29 self-identified indigenous persons, and for the first time in the history of the conference, 18 adolescents. The Women Deliver conferences have so far been held in London, Washington, Kuala Lumpur and Copenhagen.