"if you want to talk about “empowering” any group of people, it is because you believe or know that something is taking power away from that group...For me, then, the first question is, what are the factors that stop young people in Guyana today from developing or using their power."
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Andaiye, born Sandra Williams (born and died in Georgetown, Guyana; 11 September 1942 - 31 May 2019), was a social, political, and gender rights activist.
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