Women’s Wednesdays – Feminist Standards for Governance
For this Women’s Wednesday, we’re focusing on Feminist Standards for Governance, which which will serve as a people’s agenda for 2026 to 2031.
On Wednesday, September 10th, we’ll be discussing two thematic areas – Women & LGBTQI+ people and Labour & Economy.
The next general election in The Bahamas looms ahead, and with no fixed election date, it can be called at any time. Political parties will each produce a document with vague statements and promises based on their own priorities and beliefs about the people’s needs, without consultation. We invite you to participate in the development of an alternative to partisan campaign material.
Equality Bahamas has designed a process to guide groups of people through identifying problems and their roots and working toward recommendations to address the issues at a systemic level. Feminist Standards for Governance workshops have nine streams or thematic areas—health, education, youth, women and LGBTQI+, environment, social services, labor and economy, arts and culture, and governance. We are facilitating workshops this month, drafting the people’s agenda in August, validating with participants and community members in August, and publishing in September 2025.
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.
#WW242 intentionally centers and prioritizes women and girls, and is open to the public through in-person events, livestreams, and social media activity. With the support of the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas, we create a safe space for knowledge-building, idea-sharing, critical dialogue, and movement-building.
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