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Last Updated: Feb 13, 2017 - 1:45:37 AM |
The Bahamas as a nation and as a people have a rich culture and history.
One which we are all immensely proud of. Our country’s founding fathers
worked tirelessly to ensure that the Bahamian dream could be realized
by our generation and those to come. That dream was further underpinned
by our country’s founding mothers as well. Brave women who in their
various ways worked in tandem and often in the background to ensure that
the objectives of a free and democratic Bahamas could be realized.
Our
history is filled with the examples left by women such as Dame Doris
Johnson, Dame Ivy Dumont, Janet Bostwick, Maybel Walker and countless
others. Women who not only talked the talk of women’s rights and
equality but also walked the walk. As a result of their efforts we, the
women of the Democratic National Alliance and all other political
organizations have been given a strong foundation upon which to stand.
While
the Bahamas can be proud of its accomplishments in ensuring ample and
equal opportunities for women of all walks of life, we still have much
work to do. Now more than ever, we must continue our efforts to
eradicate high levels of violence against women and girls; we must
persist in our efforts to protect young women from sexual predators and
work toward creating true equity among the sexes.
Indeed, the
accomplishments of Bahamian women are to be celebrated. The Democratic
National Alliance welcomes the observance of National Women’s Week and
the establishment of the Department of Gender and Family Affairs as a
vehicle to ensuring that women, girls, and by extension boys and men in
the Bahamas can truly live their best lives.
Let us pause to
remember the daily contributions of Bahamian women to the advancement of
our families, our communities, our democracy and our country; for as
Kofi Annan once said: “There is no tool for development more effective,
than the empowerment of women”.
Prodesta Moore
DNA Candidate - Elizabeth
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