{"id":24183,"date":"2024-11-20T13:43:36","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T13:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=24183"},"modified":"2024-11-20T13:43:37","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T13:43:37","slug":"human-services-ministry-conducts-consultations-on-draft-protection-from-harassment-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/human-services-ministry-conducts-consultations-on-draft-protection-from-harassment-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Human Services Ministry Conducts Consultations on Draft \u2018Protection from Harassment\u2019 Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>October 24, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security has initiated a series of nationwide consultations on the draft <em>Protection from Harassment<\/em> Bill. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The legislation aims to address various forms of harassment, including sexual harassment in private and public settings, workplace harassment, stalking, and related behaviors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This week, the Ministry launched its outreach efforts, starting with a consultation at the New Amsterdam Regional Democratic Council (RDC). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Legal Officer Allizen Welch-Critchlow explained that these consultations are designed to gather public feedback, address concerns, and identify any gaps in the draft legislation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The collected input will guide the drafting process to ensure a comprehensive and effective law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The consultations will continue across all ten administrative regions, providing opportunities for citizens to learn about the proposed legislation, voice their opinions, and ask questions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sessions are set to run until December 5, with dates and venues posted on the Ministry\u2019s Facebook page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The draft bill defines harassment as directly or indirectly engaging in conduct that causes harm or inspires a reasonable belief that harm may occur. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This includes behaviors such as unreasonably following, watching, pursuing, or accosting an individual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry encourages public participation in these sessions to ensure the new legislation reflects the needs and concerns of all citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By Josiah Williams<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 24, 2024 The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security has initiated a series of nationwide consultations on the draft Protection from Harassment Bill. The legislation aims to address&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24174,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24183","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\/24183","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=24183"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24184,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24183\/revisions\/24184"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}