Photograph by Nadja Ramsaroop By Ashma John It has taken me about two years to fully understand OCD and anxiety and to accommodate the idea of being comfortable with dealing with it. While there were days where I felt as if I had the world in the palm of my hands, the truth was I […]
Read More Coming out of the dark: A journey to understanding and coping with mental healthBy Akola Thompson I like to consider myself someone who is willing to talk about anything. Whether I agree with it or not, I believe conversations should be had. One thing I have always shied away from however, is suicide. I have never had someone close to me commit the act so I never thought […]
Read More On Almost being a statisticBy Lakhram Bhagirat It was sometime around 13:15h on Saturday, March 29, 2014, when our mutual friend, Sarah, received the call informing her that Christine had taken ill and is being rushed to the hospital. We were at work about to commence a new shift and Sarah rushed to be with Christine’s family, while I […]
Read More She was my closest friendSpeech on women’s right to reproductive health care, delivered at the Caribbean Forum on Population, Youth and Development 2018 by Women’s Wednesdays Guyana Founder, Akola Thompson. Greetings all. Let’s gyaff about access to information, access to services and the inequalities that exists in the distribution of these as it relates to sexual and reproductive […]
Read More Women’s Right to Reproductive HealthcareBy Akola Thompson Like many young children, Patricee Douglas initially wanted to grow up to one day be a lawyer. It was a career she wanted not out of passion, but one that seemed appropriate to aim for at the time. But there comes a moment in many people’s lives when everything clicks and they […]
Read More Patricee Douglas: The “Passion fruit” of Women’s Health and Rights
