Women in Guyana must prioritise speaking up – Mignon Bowen-Phillips

…as Girl Guides Association celebrates 100th anniversary

The Guyana Girl Guides Association has commemorated a century of dedicated efforts in nurturing the well-being of young girls across Guyana.
At the 100th year anniversary celebration on Saturday, Mignon Bowen-Phillips, wife of (Ret’d) Prime Minister Mark Phillips, gave an impactful insight of the association, raising awareness of its contributions.
According to Bowen-Phillips, women in Guyana must make it their priority to speak up about what they believe women deserve as in today’s world, persons do not always recognise all of the hard work that women have contributed to society.

“As women we often navigate through a world that doesn’t always recognise our work or grants us equal opportunities but just like those pioneers who defiled equal convention, we too must raise our voice for what we believe in,” she stated whilst then adding that the Girl Guides Association has served as a voice for voiceless women, which has resulted significantly as a paved way for lots of women and girls throughout Guyana over the years.
Further, Bowen-Phillips highlighted scores of benefits in which girls can attain if they join the association.
“This organisation offers a supportive environment for girls to develop essential life skills and self-confidence, girls who join our organisation can earn communications skills, emotional support and leadership roles which allows them to discover their selves and also possibly attain scholarships and job opportunities,” Bowen-Phillips asserted.

Meanwhile Bowen- Phillips then raised various social issues in which girls throughout Guyana face and stated that the association is strongly working to combat this as works have been gone into protecting young girls in Guyana.
“We must prioritise emotional wellbeing for women by actively listening and offering support and intervening early to prevent long term harm in girls, we must foster open communications to build respective connections,” Bowen- Phillips underscored
The Guyana Girl Guides Association is the national Guiding organisation of Guyana. Founded in 1922, the girls-only organisation became a full member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in 1969. (G2)