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. | |
| Global Gender Gap Index[1] | |
|---|---|
| Value | 0.7085 (2013) |
| Rank | 48th |
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.[2]
Many Guyanese women living in urban areas of Guyana have taken roles as breadwinners for their families, particularly in working-class families.[2]
In religion, obeah women participate as religious leaders in folk religion.[2]
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External links
- SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF WOMEN IN GUYANA by Ralph Seeram, KNEWS, October 13, 2013
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