Telephone number: 592-02-67073                                                   E-Mail: nrdocgd@sdnp.org.gy
 
 

This Resource and Documentation Centre specializes in information on gender and development, gender equity and on all issues relating to women.
 
 
 

MISSION STATEMENT TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY OF WOMEN AND TO EMPOWER THEM TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS AND IN ALL ASPECTS OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE PROVISION OF APPROPRIATE INFORMATION RESOURCES AND AN ENVIRONMENT CONDUCIVE TO THE EFFECTIVE UTILIZATION OF SUCH RESOURCES. TO SUPPORT GENDER EQUITY AND THE WORK OF PLANNERS AND DECISION MAKERS BY ENSURING ACCESSIBILITY TO THE RELEVANT DATA AND INFORMATION.

 
 

ITS FUNCTIONS ARE:

	TO COLLECT A RANGE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES IN ALL AVAILABLE FORMATS ON GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT, GENDER EQUITY AND ON ALL ISSUES RELATING TO WOMEN AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT.
	TO COLLECT COMPREHENSIVELY ALL INFORMATION PRODUCED LOCALLY ABOUT WOMEN AND ABOUT THE LOCAL WOMEN’S MOVEMENT AND RELATED ISSUES.
	TO CREATE A COMPUTERISED DATA BASE FOR ACCESSING INFORMATION.
	TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO ITS RESOURCES TO ALL LEGITIMATE USERS.
	TO PROMOTE AN ENVIRONMENT CONDUCIVE TO QUIET STUDY.
	TO SUPPORT ALL FORMAL OR INFORMAL ENDEAVOURS CONCERNED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT  OF WOMEN.
	TO MAKE THE NEW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES ACCESSIBLE TO WOMEN.
	TO SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE RESEARCH ON GENDER ISSUES.
	TO COLLECT AND PRESERVE THE NATIONAL HERITAGE OF GUYANESE WOMEN IN PUBLIC  LIFE.

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SPECIAL FEATURES
 

	A woman’s archives of Guyanese women in public life
	A compilation of research completed and research in progress on women in the Caribbean.
	Newspaper clipping file of articles on women and related issues.

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PUBLICATIONS
 

	Women POWAH: a Quarterly Newsletter
	A Directory of Women’s Organisations in Guyana
	A Current Awareness Bulletin

 

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