Latest update December 13th, 2024 1:00 AM
Ramona Rookhum is Women Lawyers’ Association president
Attorney-at-Law Ramona Rookhum has been elected president of the Guyana Association of Women Lawyers (GAWL) following an Annual General Meeting held last week Thursday.
Ramona Rookhum
Ms Rookhum was admitted to practice in 2008 where she joined the chambers of Messrs Hughes, Fields and Stoby. She is currently associated to Richard B. Fields, Esq., SC practicing general civil law.
Rookhum takes the helm of the Association as it celebrates its thirtieth anniversary having been founded in April 1987 by Honourable Madame Justice Desiree Bernard (rtd), the first female judge of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) with its charter secretary being the late Deborah Jan Backer.
The following persons were appointed as the New Executive for the fiscal year 2017-2018. Vice President Shellon Boyce, Secretary Chandrawattie Persaud, Treasurer Alanna Lall, Assistant Secretary Treasurer Nekeisha Persaud, Committee Members Jaya Singh Backreedy, Denise Hodge, Coleen Sparman-Stephen and Anita Mohan-Hamilton.
The Association is known for its publications of the Law and You, the Constitution and You and Local Government and You, user-friendly booklets explaining prevalent laws and procedures in layman terms.
Some of its annual activities include educational and humanitarian outreaches to women and children, visits to inmates at the women’s prison in New Amsterdam and continuing legal education workshops for members.
Through the past three decades the Association has been led by Sheila Chapman, Pearlene Roach, Claudette La Bennett, Susan Moore, Anande Trotman, Rose Benjamin-Noble, Roxane George, Rose Cadogan, Sandra Bart, Dale Kingston, Gem Sanford-Johnson, Sandra Kurtzious, Emily Dodson, Simone Morris-Ramlall and most recently Sadie Amin.
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