Indranie Chandarpal
{{Short description|Guyanese politician}}
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Indranie Chandarpal (born 1951) is a Guyanese politician representing the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) as a Member of Parliament since 1992. She has held the position of General Secretary of the Women’s Progressive Organisation since 1983. From 2001 to 2003, she served as president of the Inter-American Commission of Women.
Biography
Indranie Dhanraj{{cite news|last1=Kumar|first1=Neil|title=Tribute to a dear friend and comrade|url=http://guyanachronicle.com/tribute-to-a-dear-friend-and-comrade/|accessdate=10 September 2015|work=Guyana Chronicle|date=8 November 2014|location=Georgetown, Guyana}} was born in 1951 in Haslington, Guyana. When she was 18, Chandarpal joined the Progressive Youth Organisation (PYO) and by the age of 20 was involved in both the women's movement and politics. In 1972, she was employed as a receptionist at Freedom House and was recommended to the Education Secretary that Indra go overseas to study. She studied political science and completed a three-month course in journalism. Returning to Guyana, she worked in the PPP’s bookshop.{{cite news|last1=Ramnarine|first1=Telesha|title=Indranie Chandarpal- A woman who passionately believes in equality|url=http://guyanachronicle.com/indranie-chandarpal-a-woman-who-passionately-believes-in-equality/|accessdate=10 September 2015|work=Guyana Chronicle|date=26 April 2014|location=Georgetown, Guyana}} In 1973, she was beaten by opposition party members from the People's National Congress (PNC) when she and other PYO members tried to stop PNC members from holding a public meeting in Enmore. After the altercation she was arrested and jailed for a week. Dhanraj married Navindranauth Omanand Chandarpal in 1975 and they later had two children: Rabindranauth and Gitanjali.
In 1983, Chandarpal became the General Secretary of the Women’s Progressive Organisation{{cite web|title=Parliamentarians|url=http://parliament.gov.gy/about-parliament/parliamentarian/indranie-chandarpal/|publisher=Parliament of the co-operative Republic of Guyana|accessdate=10 September 2015|location=Georgetown, Guyana}} and from 1985 to 1989, she served as Guyana's representative to the Caribbean Association of Feminist Research and Action. She was elected as a Member of Parliament in 1992 and was elected as the President of the Inter-American Commission of Women in 2000,{{cite news|last1=Rampertab|first1=Rakesh|title=Guyana Under Siege|url=http://www.guyanaundersiege.com/Women/indrachanderpal.htm|accessdate=11 September 2015|work=Stabroek News|date=28 October 2004|location=Georgetown, Guyana}} serving from 2001 to 2003.{{cite web|title=30th Assembly of Delegates (Washington, D.C., November 15-16, 2000)|url=http://www.oas.org/en/CIM/assembly.asp|website=Organization of American States|publisher=CIM Assembly of Delegates|accessdate=11 September 2015|location=Washington, DC}} Between 1992 and 2001, she served as a cabinet member as the Minister of Human Services and Social Security.{{cite web|title=Initial Signatories to the Global Action Plan|url=https://www.ndi.org/WinWithWomen/GlobalActionPlan/Signatories_initial|publisher=National Democratic Institute|accessdate=11 September 2015|location=Washington, DC}} In 1996, Chandarpal introduced the Domestic Violence Bill,{{cite news|last1=Cox|first1=Eileen|title=What causes apparently normal persons to be violent?|url=http://www.landofsixpeoples.com/news303/ns309283.htm |accessdate=11 September 2015|work=Stabroek News|date=28 September 2003|location=Georgetown, Guyana}}{{cite book|last1=Byrnes|first1=Andrew|last2=Adams|first2=Kirstine|title=Gender Equality and the Judiciary: Using International Human Rights Standards to Promote the Human Rights of Women and the Girl Child at the National Level|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T_mwv51x3FIC&pg=PA274|year=1999|publisher=Commonwealth Secretariat|location=London|isbn=978-0-85092-577-7}} which passed into law on 31 December 1996.{{cite book|last1=Byrnes|first1=Andrew|last2=Adams|first2=Kirstine|title=Gender Equality and the Judiciary: Using International Human Rights Standards to Promote the Human Rights of Women and the Girl Child at the National Level|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T_mwv51x3FIC&pg=PA274|year=1999|publisher=Commonwealth Secretariat|location=London|isbn=978-0-85092-577-7}}
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Category:Guyanese women activists
Category:Guyanese women in politics
Category:Guyanese women's rights activists
Category:People's Progressive Party (Guyana) politicians