This is The Equal Rights Trust's submission to the 52nd session of the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) in relation to the combined seventh and eighth periodic reports submitted by Guyana, submitted in June 2012. The submission identifies a number of problems with the legal framework in the country, including a number of gaps in protection, notably in failing to provide protection from discrimination on grounds which intersect with sex and gender, leaving certain groups of women exposed to discrimination and discriminatory violence.