Honour women with equal rights (The Tribune)

March 6, 2023 – The Tribune

Equality Bahamas featured in The Tribune on March 6, 2023.

From The Tribune:

THIS week sees the celebration of International Women’s Day – an opportunity to both celebrate women and, more pointedly, to continue removing barriers that hinder women.

On Saturday, members of Equality Bahamas and supporters held a march, speaking out over gender justice and climate justice. It was followed by an expo at the Dundas Centre for the Performing Arts on a variety of topics.

Women’s rights were very much at the forefront of the event – and so it is timely indeed that a senior US official has spoken out on the matter too.

EDITORIAL: Honour women with equal rights (The Tribune)

US Chargé d’Affaires Usha Pitts spoke at an event held by the International Black Women’s Public Policy Institute in Freeport – and she urged Bahamian women not to wait around for men to grant them equal rights under the constitution or outlaw marital rape.

She declared: “The fact is that nothing changes for women until we take political power.”

She noted the number of women elected in the last election – seven – but equally noted they were outnumbered four to one by men.

She said: “It showed that little by little Bahamian women are starting to take the political power they deserve. And that word is very important because no one gives political power, you got to take it.”