TOWARD REVERSING DISCRIMINATORY LAWS: MAPPING AND ANALYSIS OF THE LAWS OF GUYANA

Author(s)/editor(s)

(Author): Rashad Brathwaite, (Legal Editor): Tanya Primiani

All Caribbean countries have ratified the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), and many have made significant achievements in eliminating discrimination embedded in laws and policies. For the most part, CARICOM Member States have enshrined the principles of gender equality into their constitutional obligations and prohibited sex as a basis for discrimination. Despite this progress, gender inequality persists in Caribbean countries and territories.

Four discriminatory law reviews are being completed in Guyana and other Caribbean countries which will contribute to implementing UN Women’s broader equality in the law strategy, which focuses on the revision of discriminatory laws as an important part of a broader legal reform agenda that supports the achievement of gender equality.

The principal purpose of this project is to identify and make recommendations for eliminating discriminatory laws that exist within the legal framework of Guyana.