{"id":4788,"date":"2022-04-22T16:06:55","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T20:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fosfeminista.org\/news-and-stories\/a-leader-for-guyanas-youth\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T18:17:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T22:17:49","slug":"a-leader-for-guyanas-youth","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/fosfeminista.org\/es\/news-and-stories\/a-leader-for-guyanas-youth\/","title":{"rendered":"Un l\u00edder para la juventud de Guyana"},"template":"","class_list":["post-4788","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_type-news","article_format-news","issue_tax-sex-ed","issue_legacy-youth","location-latin-america-and-the-caribbean"],"acf":{"details":{"":null,"article_type":26,"article_format":171,"authors":"","add_button":false,"button_type":"link","button":"","download":"","download_button_text":"","featured_image":3648},"sidebar":{"issues":{"title":"Cuestiones prioritarias","issues":[36]},"locations":{"title":"Ubicaci\u00f3n","locations":[91]},"partners":{"title":"Socios","partners":""}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_hero_article","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_hero_article":{"":null,"anchor_id":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<div>\n\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Guyana es un peque\u00f1o pa\u00eds situado en el Caribe con menos de un mill\u00f3n de habitantes. Y es el \u00fanico pa\u00eds de la regi\u00f3n, adem\u00e1s de Cuba, donde el aborto es legal. Sin embargo, abortar en el pa\u00eds sigue siendo dif\u00edcil debido a la falta de informaci\u00f3n, el estigma y la limitada disponibilidad de servicios de salud sexual y reproductiva.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Por eso, el trabajo de la GRPA, la <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/grpagy\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Asociaci\u00f3n de Paternidad Responsable de Guyana<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, es fundamental. GRPA es una organizaci\u00f3n asociada a F\u00f2s Feminista que presta servicios y protege los derechos sexuales y reproductivos de los guyaneses, as\u00ed como los de <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">miles de venezolanos<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> refugiados y migrantes atra\u00eddos a Guyana por la perspectiva de un futuro mejor. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Uno de los pilares de GRPA y de F\u00f2s Feminista es Kobe Smith, quien comenz\u00f3 a trabajar como voluntario en GRPA cuando ten\u00eda 15 a\u00f1os y ha sido miembro de la <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/fosfeminista.orgleadership\/kobe-smith\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Junta Directiva de F\u00f2s Feminista<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> desde 2017. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Cuando estaba en la preparatoria, Kobe se dio cuenta de que el embarazo adolescente era una realidad que ve\u00eda en todas partes. A trav\u00e9s de un maestro, conoci\u00f3 la GRPA, donde comenz\u00f3 a participar en actividades de educaci\u00f3n sexual en las escuelas y en espacios de toma de decisiones para promover la salud y los derechos sexuales y reproductivos. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Kobe se convirti\u00f3 r\u00e1pidamente en l\u00edder, participando en reuniones de la Organizaci\u00f3n de los Estados Americanos y las Naciones Unidas para representar las voces de los j\u00f3venes caribe\u00f1os en las negociaciones sobre derechos humanos, desarrollo y salud. Para Kobe es fundamental garantizar que las naciones caribe\u00f1as est\u00e9n representadas en los organismos regionales porque, al ser pa\u00edses peque\u00f1os, a veces se les pasa por alto en los asuntos continentales. \u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">De regreso en Guyana, Kobe ha contribuido a la elaboraci\u00f3n de leyes y pol\u00edticas nacionales sobre diversos temas, entre ellos los derechos de los adolescentes y los j\u00f3venes, y la respuesta a la violencia de g\u00e9nero. Uno de sus temas favoritos es el de las nuevas masculinidades, ya que la masculinidad t\u00f3xica tiene un impacto tremendo en la violencia de g\u00e9nero y los feminicidios. \u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span>\n<blockquote><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\"We men have to learn that there are many ways to be men. We don't have to be rigid and dominant. There are men with diverse sexual orientations, gender expressions, and just different personalities\" <\/span><\/blockquote>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">En Guyana, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">sodom\u00eda <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">est\u00e1 prohibido por ley, siendo el \u00fanico pa\u00eds de Am\u00e9rica del Sur donde las relaciones sexuales entre hombres adultos son un delito. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">En 2017, Kobe gan\u00f3 el Premio Nacional de la Juventud de Guyana y, desde entonces, ha obtenido varios reconocimientos de organizaciones internacionales. El <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/guyanachronicle.com\/2021\/01\/31\/459346\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Cr\u00f3nica de Guyana<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, the country's leading newspaper, said of Kobe last year, \"At just the age of 22, Kobe Smith is a human rights defender and has managed to achieve a whole lot for not only himself, but also for those whom he advocates on behalf of.\" <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Kobe se est\u00e1 preparando ahora para participar en espacios como la Conferencia Internacional sobre Planificaci\u00f3n Familiar en Tailandia y proyectos con el UNFPA a nivel local en Guyana.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Una de las cosas que m\u00e1s le gusta a Kobe es comer roti y curry y beber Coca-Cola. Sus cantantes favoritos son Adele y Sam Smith. Es un excelente recitador de poemas y un gran bailar\u00edn de m\u00fasica caribe\u00f1a. Su alegr\u00eda por la vida es contagiosa y escucharlo hablar en p\u00fablico, en una conferencia o en una entrevista, es cautivador. \u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Gracias a l\u00edderes como Kobe, los movimientos de la sociedad civil se fortalecen y, a su vez, estos movimientos permiten que l\u00edderes como Kobe inspiren a otros j\u00f3venes, mostr\u00e1ndoles que no importa la edad que tengas para marcar la diferencia en la sociedad.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<\/div>","":null,"anchor_id":""}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A leader for Guyana&#039;s youth - F\u00f2s Feminista<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"GRPA is a F\u00f2s Feminista partner organization that provides services and protects the sexual and reproductive rights of Guyanese.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fosfeminista.org\/es\/news-and-stories\/a-leader-for-guyanas-youth\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A leader for Guyana&#039;s youth - 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