TOWARD REVERSING DISCRIMINATORY LAWS: MAPPING AND ANALYSIS OF THE LAWS OF THE BAHAMAS

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Author(s)/editor(s)

(Author): Tenesha Myrie, (Legal Editor): Tanya Primiani

Caribbean countries have made gains in enacting legislation and implementing policies aimed at securing equality for women and girls. Indeed, many Caribbean countries have enshrined the principles of gender equality and anti-discrimination in their constitutional obligations, and all countries in the English-speaking Caribbean have ratified the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). Notwithstanding, women in the Caribbean continue to experience inequality in many aspects of their lives, including discriminatory laws, policies, and practices.

Four discriminatory law reviews are being completed in The Bahamas, Barbados, Guyana, and Trinidad and Tobago. These reviews will contribute to implementing UN Women’s broader equality in the law strategy, which focuses on the revision of discriminatory laws as an important part of a broader legal reform agenda that supports the achievement of gender equality.

This review is a broad-based assessment of The Bahamas’ legal and policy framework, touching on all relevant laws and policies specifically relating to women and girls, to determine how they impact the achievement of gender equality.