Tag: women’s rights

Police says due diligence was done on the case; charges brought against accused abuser NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The death of ...

Fight for women’s rights continues  NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Many women shared the grueling and trying times they faced fighting for ...

By Equality Bahamas Equality Bahamas is hosting a series of events as it observes International Women’s Day and facilitates civic ...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — As she called on the government to maintain its “gender lens” in all of its decisions, Caribbean ...

By Shervonne Hollis What is disturbing is that many people don’t consider marital rape as rape, mainly if it's not ...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Former Minister of State for Legal Affairs Elsworth Johnson yesterday commended Prime Minister Philip Brave Davis for ...

Scores of Bahamians take to social media to weigh in on long-debated issue NASSAU, BAHAMAS — A former associate pastor ...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Minister of Health Dr Michael Darville yesterday declined to share the Davis administration’s stance on elective abortion ...

ELEUTHERA, BAHAMAS — Last week, the Zonta Club of Eleuthera officially launched the 16 Days of Activism to End Gender-based ...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Zonta Club of New Providence (ZCNP) is celebrating the change in the political Bahamian climate that ...

Member of Parliament for Englerston Glenys Hanna-Martin. NASSAU, BAHAMAS — A record number of seven women candidates won House of ...

“We need women’s voices in Parliament, and the more we have, the better I think our country will run”  NASSAU, ...

Dear Editor, Equality Bahamas has observed that Shaunae Miller-Uibo's gold medal win and the Bahamian thirst for victory on the ...

Bostwick-Dean: It would be a tragedy if Olympian Shaunae could not pass on her citizenship if she has a child ...

FNM ratifies 7 women of 39 candidates to PLP’s 6 and DNA's 5 NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Free National Movement (FNM) ...

NGO says govt must now focus on wider issues, namely women representation in leadership NASSAU, BAHAMAS — While applauding the ...

Caribbean Women in Leadership (CIWiL) Bahamas Chapter stands in solidarity with DNA leader NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The recent detainment of ...

By Allyson Maynard-Gibson UN Women has called gender-based violence (GBV) “the shadow pandemic”. This, like COVID-19, is a public health ...