By Equality Bahamas Equality Bahamas is hosting a series of events as it observes International Women’s Day and facilitates civic participation in the building of the national gender machinery. Since the World Conference of the International Women’s Year in 1975, there has been increased focus on the gender machinery, described in the Beijing Platform for […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — As she called on the government to maintain its “gender lens” in all of its decisions, Caribbean Women in Leadership (CIWiL) Chair Charlene Paul said there has been enough talk over the years on removing gender-based violence, including marital rape, via legislation. She said now is the time for the government to “get […]
By Shervonne Hollis What is disturbing is that many people don’t consider marital rape as rape, mainly if it’s not something happening in a dark alley or there is no gun-to-the-head situation and it doesn’t involve a stranger. It’s the husband, the woman’s spouse. From grandmothers to mothers to daughters, one generation to the next, […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Former Minister of State for Legal Affairs Elsworth Johnson yesterday commended Prime Minister Philip Brave Davis for his stance on marital rape, agreeing that “rape is rape” and saying he hopes there will be bipartisan support of changing the law. Johnson said he could not imagine his wife or daughter, when she […]
Scores of Bahamians take to social media to weigh in on long-debated issue NASSAU, BAHAMAS — A former associate pastor at Pilgrim Baptist Temple and received some public rebuke yesterday after making several statements that rape is not possible in a marriage and if an individual wishes to maintain the right to decline sex, they […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Newly-appointed Free National Movement (FNM) Senator Michela Barnett-Ellis has called on the Davis administration to “do the right thing” and criminalize marital rape. Barnett-Ellis’ comments came on the heels of revelations from Prime Minister Philip Brave Davis that the issue of marital rape in The Bahamas could be dealt with during the […]
Christian Council proposes Sanctity of Marriage Bill preserves, protects marriage The Bahamas Christian Council, in a press conference yesterday, proposed a Sanctity of Marriage Bill to coincide with the government’s own Sexual Offences Bill, stating that the former will ‘preserve and protect’ marriages in the country. Bishop Delton Fernander, the council’s president said, the group […]
TV talk show host and activist, Rodney Moncur, made a recent address to Kiwanis members as a reaction to the ongoing matter of decriminalization of marital rape, urging members and the general public to check the facts. He said, “Marital rape is not listed, and one is hard pressed to find that term anywhere at […]
