· October, 2011

Stories about Bahamas from October, 2011

Bahamas: “War” Against Women & Children

  27 October 2011

“The war against women and children in the Bahamas rages on,” says Womanish Words, adding: “This war that was dismissed for years as ‘domestic’ violence is by far the biggest and most damaging social problem we have and it is destroying us all.”

Bahamas: Same Old Politics

  21 October 2011

“If our leaders would choose the high road we might begin to see some badly needed change in our public policy. But as long as they want to beat each other up with personal insults…oh well”: Weblog Bahamas‘ Rick Lowe says that the current state of the country's politics is...

Bahamas: Women's Right to Safety

  10 October 2011

“Crime in the Bahamas denies women and their children the right to safety, which is a human right,” says Womanish Words, adding: “The new Nobel laureates I hope will remind Bahamian women of this human right to safety , and inspire us to courage enough to speak out when this...