Feminist Book Club is meeting on Wednesday, March 19 at 6pm EST at Poinciana Paper Press to talk about What Happened to Belén: The Unjust Imprisonment That Sparked a Women’s Rights Movement by Ana Elena Correa.

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“In 2014, Belén, a twenty-five-year-old woman living in rural Argentina, went to the hospital for a stomachache—and soon found herself in prison. While at the hospital she had a miscarriage—without knowing she was pregnant. Because of the nation’s repressive laws surrounding abortion and reproductive rights, the doctors were forced to report her to the authorities. Despite her protestations, Belén was convicted and sentenced to two years for homicide.

“Belén’s cause became the centerpiece of a movement to achieve greater protections for all women. After two failed attempts to clear her name, Belén met feminist lawyer Soledad Deza, who quickly rallied Amnesty International and ignited an international feminist movement around #niunamas[…] The #niunamas movement was instrumental in pressuring Argentine president Alberto Fernández to decriminalize abortion in 2021.”

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There is ONE International Women’s Day March in New Providence. Join Equality Bahamas in demanding access to human rights for ALL women, gender-equal #Nationality law, #ParentalLeave, criminalization of #MaritalRape, and the passing of the #GenderBasedViolence bill.

Meet us at Eastern Parade on East Bay Street, Saturday, March 8 at 8:45am. We’ll have signs, chants, and high energy to share with you, all the way to the Expo at The Dundas on Mackey Street.

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New year, new books!

Feminist Book Club continues in 2025, hosted by Equality Bahamas and Poinciana Paper Press on the third Wednesday of the month at 6pm. This month, we’re meeting a bit later as everyone recovers from the holiday season.

Join us in reading and discussing The Vegetarian by Han Kang.

After having strange nightmares, a woman decides to stop eating meat. Her family tries to exert control over her, she resists, and violence ensues.

The Guardian said, “Dark dreams, simmering tensions, chilling violence . . . This South Korean novel is a feast. . . . It is sensual, provocative and violent, ripe with potent images, startling colors and disturbing questions. . . . Sentence by sentence, The Vegetarian is an extraordinary experience.”

Join us for the discussion this month:
 Wednesday, January 22 at 6pm.

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​Femicide is the killing of a woman or girl because of her sex or gender. The term is not used in The Bahamas or the rest of the Caribbean which means the killings of women and girls are not properly counted or analyzed. We’ll be in conversation with Taitu Heron about her research on femicide in select countries in the Caribbean. We are sure to get into cases of femicide, including at least one that resulted from neglect by the State. We are looking forward to finding a way forward in research on femicide and ensuring that cases are recorded and the analysis contributes to the work to prevent femicide and gender-based violence.

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​Rage may not come easily to women and girls who have been trained and pressured to avoid it at all costs. Even those of us who experience it may struggle to express it. Let’s enter the world of theater! Trinidadian actor and theater teacher Paula Hamilton Smith facilitated a workshop to help us to get comfortable with feeling rage and letting it out. Let’s get loud!