Equality Bahamas hosts events for Women’s Day (The Tribune)

Mar. 8, 2022 – The Tribune

Equality Bahamas featured in The Tribune on March 8, 2022.

From The Tribune:

 

“This month, we are building on our activities during the Global 16 Days Campaign, familiarising community members with the tools and practices that are critical to — and should be developed and promoted by the national gender machinery which is the Department of Gender and Family Affairs,” said Alicia Wallace, director of Equality Bahamas. “We raised awareness of international mechanisms and critical documents that

 remain in draft form or have been shelved for years. People are talking about proposals and calling for immediate implementation, but we need to increase understanding of their contents, recognition of their gaps, and participation in consultations to improve them.”

Equality Bahamas issued six demands during the Global 16 Days Campaign. They included the update and implementation of the National Strategic Plan to End Gender-based Violence, full compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), full compliance with Belém do Pará, and criminalisation of marital rape.