GPSU’s Mothers’ Day message

May 10, 2020 News

The Guyana Public Service Union wishes to extend a Happy Mother’s Day to all Mothers in Guyana and the world over. This day was set aside to honour and celebrate motherhood, maternal bonds, influences that mothers have upon every generation and their consequential achievements and contributions to society. It must be noted that mothers are selfless and loving humans, who overtime have sacrificed many of their desires for that of their children and many others, towards the development, achievement and/or improvement of livelihoods within communities, countries and the world.
Even though mothers were celebrated in many parts of the world in different ways, modern day Mothers’ Day was first celebrated in 1908, when Anna Maria Jarvis of the USA celebrated her mother, a peace activist who cared for wounded soldiers on both sides of the Civil War.
She established Mothers’ Day Work Clubs to address public health issues. Anna Jarvis wanted to honour her mother by continuing the work she started and to set aside a day to honour all mothers because she believed a mother is “the person who has done more for you than anyone in the world”.
Throughout history and in many societies and cultures today, a mother is seen as a pillar of strength and an authority, who always extends a helping hand, a listening ear and finds ways and means to ensure that no one is left out or left behind. Motherhood is defined by the individual qualities and practices each woman brings to her role as a mother.
The current realities in these unprecedented times as families are forced to hunker down, means mothers are assuming even more roles of full-time teachers, tutors, playmates, workout instructors, counsellors and maybe more, which has put many mothers in an emotional and distressing state.
Many households are lacking resources and an adequate environment to continue providing for their family’s needs and requirements at this time.
Women and girls may be at higher risk of violence and other different forms of domestic abuse caused by other members of the family, due to confined environments at home for a prolonged period of time, restrictions of movement, and heightened stress and tensions in the household.
As mothers continue to transform and transition themselves into these new roles, everyone in the home should recognise that they too can assume more responsibility to ease the burden and alleviate some of the stress.
The GPSU on this Mothers’ Day wishes to discourage acts of domestic and other forms of violence/abuse against women and is in support of all positive action to protect the health and safety of all women, at all times.
The Guyana Public Service Union wishes to extend a special salute to all mothers who are currently working on the frontlines on Mother’s Day to provide the care for those that are incapacitated at this time, albeit, at greater risk to themselves and ahead of the needs of their families.
Take courage that better days are ahead as it is written in the Scriptures that a “(Mother) … is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come.”
The Guyana Public Service Union extends best wishes for a happy and safe Mother’s Day 2020 to all the wonderful women of Guyana and the rest of the World.

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