The Ministry of Labour, Human Services and Social Security continues to facilitate programmes that seek to provide vulnerable groups with the education and skills to develop their capacity for economic empowerment. Through the Guyana Women’s Leadership Institute (GWLI), the ministry provides this support to underprivileged persons and single parents.Under the theme, “Capacity Building for Skills Advancement,Cheap NFL Jerseys China,” the entity hosted its 10th graduation exercise on Friday last,Jerseys NFL China, on its lawns at Cove and John, East Coast Demerara, at which 298 women graduated. They received training at the institution between 2009 and 2010.Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Labour, Human Services and Social Security Trevor Thomas, Director of Social Services Wentworth Tanner and Chairperson, Woman, Gender and Equality Commission Indranie Chandarpal were among some of the special guests at the graduation.Commending the present and past Ministers of Labour, Human Services and Social Security for developing services that seek to meet the needs of women who have such needs, Prime Minister Hinds said that the PPP/C Government has always focused on ensuring improved living conditions and betterment for Guyanese and worked to ensure programmes that empower persons so that they can in turn contribute to their own self development.He told the graduands that the training course should put them on the first step towards a career that should not only bring them recognition but, also self development and wealth.“It is within you to make yourself what you can become,” he said, “always do the best you could … people are observing you and will judge you on your performance.”The journey of women empowerment began in 1953 when women in Guyana, irrelevant of class,China NFL Jerseys, race or religion were able to cast their vote for the first time, Chandarpal said.GWLI and the graduands stand as testimony of the struggles and achievement of women today in Guyana, she said, and the institution was envisaged and implemented to give women the added impetus to upgrade themselves and to serve as a stepping stone forward.Today, women are challenging the status quo and the traditional ideologies as they move into all vocations, Chandarpal said, and told the graduands, “You have been given that opportunity. You have been given the tools; take these and strive to improve yourself …whatever opportunities present themselves grasp it, because who knows where you can be.”Coordinator,NBA Jerseys China, GWLI,Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale, Sheila Veersammy, said that for over three decades she has worked with the institution, during which she has had the honour to serve and work with women across the length and breadth of Guyana and has witnessed the gradual and positive changes taking place among the women who would have benefited from the institution’s training.“The institution has a lot to be proud of in the quality of women it has trained,” Veersammy asserted,Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys, “and it is especially proud that some of them have boldly taken on the socio-economic challenges of the country, some having already entered the world of work and others to follow.”“Alternative education is the medium through which women can claim their dignity and respect in the world of work and success,” she said.GWLI offers six months training in the following areas; Capacity Building for Leadership, Sewing, Garment Construction and Fabric Designing, Food Preparation and Catering and Information technology and Office Procedure.The institution is a department within the Ministry of Labour, Human Services and Social Security designed to function within the Women’s Affairs Bureau and to collaborate with the National Research and Documentation Centre for Gender and Development.During the past five years under Minister Priya Manickchand, the institute has trained 1016 women in all 10 regions.? To meet the needs of women who cannot access the resident programmes at Cove and John, the institute’s training courses were extended to rural and hinterland communities in 2005.During 2009-2010, the institute implemented training programmes benefiting 111 women in the hinterland communities. In 2009, 33 women from Region 7 benefited from a workshop held in Kamarang and 32 from one hosted in Kwakwani, Region 10.Similar training workshops were also conducted in Mahdia, Region 8 and again in Kwakwani, Region 10 in 2010. The group in Mahdia benefited from training in Sewing and Garment Construction.