{"id":19187,"date":"2024-04-29T14:15:16","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T14:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=19187"},"modified":"2024-04-29T14:16:05","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T14:16:05","slug":"indigenous-delegation-urges-action-on-social-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/indigenous-delegation-urges-action-on-social-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Indigenous Delegation Urges Action on Social Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Nakasia Logan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A diverse Indigenous Delegation recently convened in Georgetown to address pressing social concerns affecting Indigenous communities across Guyana. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Representatives engaged in discussions with various organizations and ministries, advocating for collaborative efforts to tackle issues such as teenage pregnancy, gender-based violence, substance abuse, and domestic violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During a radio program on the Voice of Guyana, members of the delegation emphasized the urgent need for concrete steps to alleviate these challenges. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gloria Duarte, a Woman Activist from Annai, highlighted the importance of encouraging victims to speak up despite language barriers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She emphasized the significance of supporting one another and urged victims to report incidents of violence to stop the cycle of abuse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carl Peneu, an Activist from Orealla, shared the challenges faced in his community, including alcoholism, substance abuse, domestic violence, and teenage pregnancy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasized the need for comprehensive interventions to address these issues effectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Indigenous Delegation reaffirmed their commitment to collaboration and partnership in addressing social concerns, seeking support from relevant authorities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security, whom the delegation met, has pledged its support to address these pressing issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through their advocacy efforts and collaboration with governmental and non-governmental organizations, the Indigenous Delegation aims to bring attention to and address the complex social issues affecting Indigenous populations in Guyana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Nakasia Logan A diverse Indigenous Delegation recently convened in Georgetown to address pressing social concerns affecting Indigenous communities across Guyana. Representatives engaged in discussions with various organizations and ministries,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":19188,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19187"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19189,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19187\/revisions\/19189"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}