Bahamas Reports ‘Steady Progress’ in Improving Situation of Women in Appearance before Anti-Discrimination Committee Expert Members Express Concern about Absence of Special Temporary Measures Despite high unemployment, rising crime and socio-economic woes arising from the global financial crisis and natural disasters, the Bahamas had steadily improved the lot of its women through a range of legal reforms, awareness-raising campaigns and action plans, members of the country’s … [Read more...]
BAHAMAS Reports ‘Steady Progress’ in Improving Situation of Women
July 24, 2012 by Team Celebration
Filed Under: ASIA, CARIBBEAN, CENTRAL AMERICA, EURASIA, EUROPE, FORMER SOVIET UNION, MIDDLE EAST, NORTH AMERICA, OCEANIA, SOUTH AMERICA, WOMEN GENDER EQUITY ISSUES Tagged With: A Celebration of Women, AYSE FERIDE ACAR, Bahamas, BARBARA EVELYN BAILEY, Bureau of Women’s Affairs, Caribbean, CEDAW, Committee Vice-Chairperson, DUBRAVKA ŠIMONOVIĆ, expert from Bangladesh, expert from China, expert from Cuba, expert from Egypt, expert from Finland, expert from France, expert from Israel, expert from Jamaica, expert from Paraguay, expert from Slovenia, expert from Spain, expert from Switzerland, expert from Turkey, HUMAN RIGHTS, ISMAT JAHAN, MAGALYS AROCHA DOMINGUEZ, Ms. ACAR, Ms. AMELINE, Ms. AWORI, Ms. MURILLO DE LA VEGA, Ms. NEUBAUER, Ms. ZOU, NAELA MOHAMED GABR, NICOLE AMELINE, NIKLAS BRUUN, OLINDA BAREIRO-BOBADILLA, PATRICIA SCHULZ, Rapporteur and expert from Kenya, RUTH HALPERIN-KADDARI, SOLEDAD MURILLO DE LA VEGA, UN, UN Women, VIOLET TSISIGA AWORI, VIOLETA NEUBAUER, women's rights, women., ZOHRA RASEKH, ZOU XIAOQIAO