Jun 29, 2013

Simona Broomes

Photo: TIP hero: Simona Broomes with her award minutes after she became one of the nine persons from across the world to be honoured on Wednesday by US Secretary of State John Kerry as a 2013 anti-Trafficking in Person (TIP) hero. Since forming the  Guyana Women Miners Organisation (GWMO) a little over a year ago Broomes and her members have been fighting against TIP among other ills in the interior sometimes putting their personal safety at risk. (US Embassy photo)

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/06/20/guyana-miner-honored/2443479/
http://newssourcegy.com/news/u-s-honours-guyanese-simona-broomes-as-tip-hero/
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/us-honors-guyana-female-miner-fighting-slavery
http://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2013/06/20/simona-broomes-recognized-internationally-as-tip-hero/
http://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2013/07/08/five-more-rescued-from-sex-trade-in-region-seven/

GWMO
https://www.facebook.com/GuyanaWomenMinersOrganisation
http://www.mlhsss.gov.gy/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=463:women-miners-launch-organization-to-consolidate-empowerment-in-mining-industry-&catid=2:news&Itemid=45
http://www.stabroeknews.com/2013/news/stories/01/24/women-miners-group-to-mark-one-year-anniversary/
http://www.guyanachronicle.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=38387:women-miners-launch-organization-to-consolidate-empowerment-in-mining-industry&catid=4:top-story&Itemid=8
http://www.newswatchguyana.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=398:trafficking-in-persons-a-major-concern-for-the-guyana-women-miners-organisation-gwmo&catid=37:fp-rokstories
http://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2013/01/27/women-miners-organization-gains-support-from-us-canadian-missions/
http://www.stabroeknews.com/2013/news/stories/04/22/women-miners-rescue-four-girls-from-puruni-camp/
http://www.guyanaobservernews.org/u-s-embassy-meets-with-guyana-women-miners-organisation-gwmo/

Video
http://www.capitolnewsonline.com/2013/06/28/guyana-women-miners-organisation-ready-to-constructively-engage-guyana-govt-28th-jun-2013/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CapitolNews+(Capitol+News)

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