Although global efforts are already quite visible as it relates to realising gender equality, the fact remains that gender inequality still exists, and has potential daunting impacts for a world in which men and women are forced to coexist. Moreover, achieving equality is a process that would require a paradigm shift of the perception of inequality.Members of the S4 FoundationAt least this is the deduction of University of Guyana Lecturer and Trustee of the Guyana Foundation, Mr Eric Phillips.Phillips’ disclosure was forthcoming as he addressed the third consecutive ‘One Billion Rising’ forum recently held at the National Library in Georgetown.? The forum is one spearheaded by the Sisterhood of Support, Service and Sustainability (S4 Foundation) and was held under the theme “Men and Women Standing Shoulder to Shoulder for Gender Equality and the World we Want.”Phillips, in a rousing speech that boasted of insights into how women’s empowerment and revolution can be achieved, sought to use examples and analogies from history, famous women,China NFL Jerseys, philosophy, and even his audience’s preconceptions to shine light on some of the real reasons inequality exists.? He was then able to skillfully highlight pertinent ways to bring about change that “we all desire.”In keeping with the theme,Jerseys NFL Wholesale, the diversity of speakers at the forum included Retired High Court Judge and Retired Specialist Consultant in International Conflict Resolution and President of the United Nations Association of Guyana, Justice Donald Trotman; Mrs. Diana Swan-Lawrence, Chief Executive Officer of the Women and Gender Equality Commission and Ms. Chelanna Providence, Social Change Coordinator of the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination, who spoke in the stead of the group’s Managing Director and Founder, Joel Simpson. Also among the speakers at the forum was Sister Jean of the Brahma Kumaris.As part of his task of delivering remarks at the forum,NFL Jerseys Wholesale, Justice Trotman,Cheap Jerseys Online, shared an international perspective on gender inequality, beginning historically with the United Nations’ role in policy-making to the present-day organs and multi-national facets that fund and proliferate the cause.In the quest to achieve equality through the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals, the UN has been able to observe that “in many countries, gender inequality persists and women continue to face discrimination in access to education, work and economic assets, and participation in government. For example, in every developing region, women tend to hold less secure jobs than men, with fewer social benefits.”As part of her contribution to the forum, Mrs. Swan-Lawrence, cited numerous cases of hate crimes occurring in political and decision-making offices both in the Caribbean and abroad that were fueled by gender inequality.Ms. Providence, however, opted to detail gender discrimination locally against the Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community and its implications both on societal prejudices and the mandate of the judicial system in the same regard.The ‘One Billion Rising’ forum officially kicked off with Mrs Swan-Lawrence paying tribute to the late Dr Faith Harding followed by a song dedicated to Dr Harding’s memory performed by a local gospel artiste. The forum’s entertainment included Songs by Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Jingle and Song Competition winner, Ryan Hoppie, musical interludes by Max Massiah and Ras George, dance performances by the all-male youth group,China Jerseys Cheap, Animation,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, and also the Nadira and Indranie Shah Dance Troupe.There was also a live self-defence demonstration by Massiah, who is affiliated with the Maximum Sports Combat and Strength Show. Other highlights of the forum included the premiere of a Short Film entitled “My Revolution Is…” in keeping with the 2015 ‘One Billion Rising’ theme of Revolution. It also entailed a special message of solidarity from Mr Clive Atwell, the reigning WBC/CABOFE Junior Welterweight Champion.

…outstanding option is litigation in The Bahamas, T&T? –? Dr Luncheon The expenditure of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) is more than its income and the entity is awaiting the outcome of the Court cases in the Bahamas and Trinidad and Tobago,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, to see if it can recover the approximately $5.2B still impaired as a result of the CLICO fallout.This is according to Head of the Presidential Secretariat,China NFL Jerseys, Dr Roger Luncheon, who also is Chairman of NIS and was at the time lamenting the financial situation of the scheme in relation to its income.CLICO (Guyana) has already been liquated and the money secured from the sale of its assets has been paid out to more than four thousand policyholders.NIS, however, is still to recover the more than $6B it had invested in CLICO.According to Dr Luncheon, “The biggest outstanding option is the litigation in the Bahamas and Trinidad and Tobago.”CLICO (Guyana) had reportedly invested some US$34M in the Bahamian counterpart and that entity had been ordered liquidated.In 2010, the CLICO Bahamas Liquidator reported that his “preliminary view of the documentation suggests that policies were never issued by CLICO Bahamas. Moreover, the premiums received from Guyana and Suriname were never paid to CLICO Bahamas.“It appears that the funds were remitted directly to a bank account held in the name of CLICO Bahamas at Ocean Bank, Miami, Florida, and to another account held by the company in Trinidad.”In his third report to the Bahamian Supreme Court on the life and health insurer’s liquidation, Craig A. ‘Tony’ Gomez,Wholesale Nike NFL Jerseys, the Baker Tilly Gomez accountant and partner, said the US$34M and US$15.5M claims submitted by CLICO Guyana and CLICO Suriname had not been approved.“After further consultation, I have rejected the above claims received from Guyana and Suriname,Cheap NFL Jerseys China,” Gomez said.Guyana had appealed the matter which is still pending,Authentic China Jerseys, but to date Guyana is yet to receive any of the money invested by CLICO (Guyana) including more than US$34M belonging to NIS.This past week Financial Analyst, Christopher Ram, in his writings on the NIS said that indecision is not the only bugbear facing the Scheme and that bad decisions just happen to be the flip side of the same coin. He said that for years now, the Scheme has lost income on a deposit investment of some $6B in the failed CLICO.He said that, “Almost as a set-off it was given the CLICO building, bringing the investment and accrued income down to around $5.2B.”According to Ram, “neither the Chairman nor the Minister of Finance under whose portfolio the Scheme falls has said anything about the recovery of this sum…If that sum has to be written-off the Scheme’s reserves would take a huge dent.”Ram urges that a decision be taken on the CLICO receivable, since keeping it on the books seems increasingly meaningless.