Genoveva Tisheva, Vice-Chair of the CEDAW Committee, led a conversation on CEDAW Article 12 on Health on August 12, 2023.

The CEDAW (Convention) Speaker Series is designed to familiarize members of the public with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), known as the women’s bill of rights.

Each month, we will be joined by an expert to look at one Article of the Convention, its interpretation, its application to the Bahamian context, and the most recent assessment of the country’s progress.

Watch the replay of the session below, which took place on August 12, 2023.

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW): https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/Documents/ProfessionalInterest/cedaw.pdf

 

Check out the CEDAW speaker series playlist below for more discussions on the articles.

 

Ruth Halperin-Kaddari, former member of the CEDAW Committee, led a conversation on CEDAW Article 15 (Law) and Article 16 (Marriage and Family Life) on August 6, 2023.

The CEDAW (Convention) Speaker Series is designed to familiarize members of the public with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), known as the women’s bill of rights.

Each month, we will be joined by an expert to look at one Article of the Convention, its interpretation, its application to the Bahamian context, and the most recent assessment of the country’s progress.

Watch the replay of the session below, which took place on August 6, 2023.

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW): https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/Documents/ProfessionalInterest/cedaw.pdf

 

Check out the CEDAW speaker series playlist below for more discussions on the articles.

 

We’re looking forward to this month’s Feminist Book Club meeting. We’re reading Somebody’s Daughter by Ashley C. Ford and discussing it alongside last month’s pick, Dignity: Its Essential Role in Resolving Conflict by Donna Hicks.

Not enough time? Get ready for August! We’ll be reading Assembly by Natasha Brown. Sign up to join the club: tiny.cc/fbc2023

In Kigali, Rwanda for Women Deliver 2023? Join us for a conversation about gender inequality and its connections with Nationality Law, migration, and climate change. Equality Bahamas founder and co-director Alicia Wallace is moderating the conversation.

July 18, 2023 at 7:30pm in the Pelican 2 room at M-Hotel.

Constanza Pauchulo, Economics and Development Program Manager at IWRAW-AP, led a conversation on CEDAW Article 13 on Economic Life. The CEDAW (Convention) Speaker Series is designed to familiarize members of the public with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), known as the women’s bill of rights.

Each month, we will be joined by an expert to look at one Article of the Convention, its interpretation, its application to the Bahamian context, and the most recent assessment of the country’s progress.

Watch the replay of the session below, which took place on July 1, 2023.

 

Further resources:

Access slides: http://tiny.cc/cedawconstanza

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW): https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/Documents/ProfessionalInterest/cedaw.pdf

Beijing Platform for Action: https://archive.unescwa.org/sites/www.unescwa.org/files/u1281/bdpfa_e.pdf

African Charter on Human Rights: https://au.int/sites/default/files/treaties/36390-treaty-0011_-_african_charter_on_human_and_peoples_rights_e.pdf

United Nations General Assembly recognizes right to a healthy environment: https://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_857164/lang–en/index.htm#:~:text=The%20right%20to%20a%20clean,and%20mutually%20reinforcing%20as%20well

The Audacity to Disrupt: An Introduction to Feminist Macro-level Economics – https://gadnetwork.org/gadn-resources/the-audacity-to-disrupt-femnets-african-feminist-macroeconomics-academy-resource-pack

GEM: A Starter Kit on Gender Equality and Macroeconomics – https://www.iwraw-ap.org/gem/

DAWN resource on social mobilization: https://dawnnet.org/movement-building/social-mobilization/the-school-of-feminist-economics-sfe/

CEDAW Framework and Creating a Caring Economy: https://www.brettonwoodsproject.org/2021/03/creating-a-caring-economy-the-role-of-ifis-and-the-cedaw-framework-in-transformative-change/

Check out the CEDAW speaker series playlist below for more discussions on the articles.

 

Events

This Pride Month, we’ve got a few community care events for you.

Join us for Sunday morning yoga sessions with Antonio Weech. This is a great way to gently move your body, focus on your breath, and share (virtual) space.

We are bringing group coaching sessions with Carla Moore to LGBTQI+ people for three weeks in July. The three sessions take place July 2, 16, and 23 at 6pm EDT.

Group Therapy with Therapist Jessica Russell is being offered Mondays at 6pm and Saturdays at 11am EDT.

Finally for this Pride, we’ve got an update to our music collection, and a sequel to last year’s Proud mix, by @heydjampero.

Listen to it below.

CEDAW Committee Member Naela Gabr led a conversation on CEDAW Article 14 on Rural Women. The CEDAW (Convention) Speaker Series is designed to familiarize members of the public with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), known as the women’s bill of rights.

Each month, we will be joined by an expert to look at one Article of the Convention, its interpretation, its application to the Bahamian context, and the most recent assessment of the country’s progress.

Watch the replay of the session below, which took place on May 20, 2023.

Further resources:

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW): https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/Documents/ProfessionalInterest/cedaw.pdf

General Recommendation 34 on Rural Women: https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/835897?ln=en#record-files-collapse-header

General Recommendation 37: https://www.ohchr.org/en/documents/general-comments-and-recommendations/general-recommendation-no37-2018-gender-related

 

Check out the CEDAW speaker series playlist below for more discussions on the articles.

 

In celebration of the jubilee of independence, University of Bahamas’ School of Social Sciences hosted two days of panel discussions on the theme, “From Majority Rule to Independence and Beyond.”

On May 11, 2023, Equality Bahamas founder and co-director Alicia Wallace was invited to speak on a panel called “Building Community, Building Equity” along with Erin Green, Dr. Richard ElleFritz, and Dr. Kremild Saunders.

On March 25, 2023, CEDAW Committee Member Hiroko Akizuki led a conversation on CEDAW Article 11 on Employment.

The CEDAW (Convention) Speaker Series is designed to familiarize members of the public with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), known as the women’s bill of rights.

On the third week of each month, we will be joined by an expert to look at one Article of the Convention, its interpretation, its application to the Bahamian context, and the most recent assessment of the country’s progress.

Access slides: http://tiny.cc/cedawhiroko

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW): https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/Documents/ProfessionalInterest/cedaw.pdf

 

Watch the replay of the CEDAW speaker series on article 11 below.

Check out the CEDAW speaker series playlist below for more discussions on the articles.

In March’s Feminist Book Club, we’re reading Getting Lost by Annie Ernaux. A memoir originally published by the French author in 2001, it was translated to English in 2022. The book, consisting of diary entries, details a love affair Ernaux had with a Soviet diplomat beginning in 1988.

Join us for a discussion Thursday March 23 at Poinciana Paper Press

To register or join virtually: visit: tiny.cc/fbc2023.