Women in Guyana
A Guyanese female technician working at the Guyana Food and Drug Department Laboratory in Georgetown, Guyana, selecting samples to be tested with a newly acquired equipment.
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| Gender Inequality Index[1] | |
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| Value | 0.524 (2013) |
| Rank | 113th out of 152 |
| Maternal mortality (per 100,000) | 280 (2010) |
| Women in parliament | 31.3% (2013) |
| Females over 25 with secondary education | 61.5% (2012) |
| Women in labour force | 42.3% (2012) |
| Global Gender Gap Index[2] | |
| Value | 0.7085 (2013) |
| Rank | 48th out of 136 |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Women in Guyana are South American women who lives in or are from Guyana. In general, Guyanese women plays significant roles in modern-day Guyanese society as house-workers, farmers, market vendors, teachers, nurses, civil servants, and clerks. A few women of Guyana have become senior position holders in the Government of Guyana; there had even been one Guyanese who took the role as the President of Guyana. Education-wise, women in Guyana have outperformed male Guyanese in regional examinations. There are currently more women in Guyana who attend education in universities.[3]
Many Guyanese women living in urban areas of Guyana have taken roles as breadwinners for their families, particularly in working-class families.[3]
In religion, obeah women participate as religious leaders in folk religion.[3]
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- SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF WOMEN IN GUYANA by Ralph Seeram, KNEWS, October 13, 2013
