Magda Pollard

Magda Pollard was a Guyanese women’s rights activist whose work advanced women’s empowerment across Guyana and the Caribbean. She served as principal of the Carnegie School of Home Economics and later as Women’s Affairs Officer at the CARICOM Secretariat, where she helped promote regional measures addressing discrimination against women. Her contributions were recognized with the CARICOM Triennial Award for Women in 1993, alongside Guyana’s national honors.