Towards the Summit of the Future: Ending Statelessness & Upholding Equal Nationality Rights at the United Nations Civil Society Conference

We’re part of the Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights and we’re looking forward to Ending Statelessness & Upholding Equality Nationality rights on Thursday, May 9 at 7am EDT. This is a virtual event at the United Nations Civil Society Conference. Join us to learn about gender-unequal nationality laws and statelessness in five countries and the work incredible activists are doing to end them. We will also be joined by a representative from the UN Refugee Agency who will tell us about their work on this issue.

Feminist Book Club: April 2024

Feminist Book Club is reading How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair this month. Join us!

“Rich in lyricism and language only a poet could evoke, How to Say Babylon is both a universal story of a woman finding her own power and a unique glimpse into a rarefied world we may know how to name, Rastafari, but one we know little about.”

We’ll meet at @poincianapaperpress, 12 Parkgate Road, on Wednesday, April 17 at 6pm EDT to talk about How to Say Babylon. You can also join us virtually. Be sure to register at tiny.cc/fbc2024 to get updates.

More than two weeks left to get it and read it! It’s available as an ebook and audiobook in addition to print. There’s a copy in the library at Poinciana Paper Press, so you can arrange a time to drop by and enjoy the book and the space.

Women’s Wednesdays: Media Literacy with Ava Turnquest

On April 3, 2024, we were in conversation with journalist Ava Turnquest about media literacy. She helped us learn that we have to understand the news better, and the purpose of the press, to make clear, specific demands for better reporting.

In this session you’ll learn:
What is media literacy? What does it require of us? What factors determine how news is delivered to us? How do we know when key pieces of information are missing, and what do we do about it? How, in the current race to be first, can we identify the best, most credible source(s) of information?

Women’s Wednesdays was designed by Equality Bahamas as a response to community members’ requests for a space to access resources, experts, and practitioners, share knowledge, and engage in conversation with one another.

Officially started in May 2017, Women’s Wednesdays highlights Bahamian women and our experiences in The Bahamas, specific to our identities including gender, race, sexuality, age, and ability. Held once per month at minimum, the events draw women together to have conversations that bring our individual lives into focus while connecting to family, community, and national narratives.

Watch the replay of the Women’s Wednesdays event below.

Feminist Book Club: March 2024

We’re looking forward to discussing Etaf Rum’s Evil Eye with you on Wednesday at 6pm EDT! Our meeting is entirely virtual this time, so be sure to register if you haven’t already.

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What freedom was Yara was looking for?
How was she like and unlike her mother?
What will her daughters be like?
How was her Palestinian identity central to the plot?

So much to talk about! Join the discussion.

Don’t have the book? Get ready for April. We’re reading How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair.

What More Y’all Want?

Let’s keep the energy from last Saturday’s International Women’s Day March + Expo going with the What More Y’all Want call-and-response collaborative exhibition Saturday, March 16 at Poinciana Paper Press!

Let’s continue demanding our rights. Meet us at 12 Parkgate Road between 2pm and 7pm for some letterpress printing fun! It’s time for you to join us in telling the world what more we want.

Feminist Book Club: February 2024

We’re reading Citizen by Claudia Rankine and Blind Days by Bahamian Chinaka Strachan for February’s Feminist Book Club.

Blind Days is available for purchase at The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas. You can also read both books in the library at Poinciana Paper Press.

Join us February 21 at 6pm EST for the discussion! Attend in person at Poinciana Paper Press, 12 Parkgate Road, or virtually.

Register: tiny.cc/fbc2024

Women’s Wednesdays: Guidance for Eating Well in 2024

On January 17, 2024, we had a conversation with Health Coach Ashley Foukes-Moss about avoiding fads and unhealthy eating habits in favor of truly eating well, to nourish our bodies and enjoy our meals. She also discussed food documentaries, intermittent fasting, colon cleanses, caffeine, vegan and vegetarian diets and much more.

Watch the replay of the Women’s Wednesdays event below.

16 Days 2023: Palestine: From 1948 to Now with Falastine Dwikat

Falastine Dwikat, a queer feminist, community organizer and Palestine campaign and advocate, was in conversation with us on Sunday, December 10.

In “Palestine: From 1948 to Now,” Falastine will share historical context to the genocide taking place in Palestine and advice on building sustainable global solidarity.

This discussion was a part of Equality Bahamas’ annual Global 16 Days Against Gender-Based Violence from November 27 – December 10 2023.

For the full list of Global 16 Days Campaign 2023 events and resources, go to tiny.cc/16days23

Watch the replay of the conversation from December 10, 2023 below.

16 Days 2023: Femicide: What’s in a Word? with Megan Walker

Megan Walker is the retired Executive Director of the London Abused Women’s Centre (Canada) and current Vice-Chair of the London Police Services Board. She has been advocating for the Canadian Criminal Code to define femicide. In this session, we will talk about the importance of terms and definitions and how they impact data collection, reporting, and responses.

This discussion was a part of Equality Bahamas’ annual Global 16 Days Against Gender-Based Violence from November 27 – December 10 2023.

For the full list of Global 16 Days Campaign 2023 events and resources, go to tiny.cc/16days23

Watch the replay of the conversation from December 6, 2023 below.

16 Days 2023: For the People: Human Rights Law with Chriscy Blouws

Chriscy Blouws is a gender activist and human rights lawyer from South Africa and has been employed at the Women’s Legal Centre since 2018. At the WLC she work across three focus areas—the right of women to work in just and favorable conditions, the right of women to have access to adequate housing, land and tenure security, and the right of women to be free from violence. In this conversation, Chriscy will share the South African context where she works at a non-profit law firm and there a national human rights institution.

This discussion was a part of Equality Bahamas’ annual Global 16 Days Against Gender-Based Violence from November 27 – December 10 2023.

For the full list of Global 16 Days Campaign 2023 events and resources, go to tiny.cc/16days23

Watch the replay of the conversation from December 5, 2023 below.