THE wisdom of Africa suggests: “Every time an elder dies, we lose a library”. Recognising this ancestral truth, the Island Stewards Camp and Spelman College participated in a joint oral history project to document the personal histories of eight women of wisdom in the Bahamas. Over the course of four days, starting on March 15, 2012, seven young Bahamians, stewards …
Female Team give Mandate to Lead
WHEN news broke that three of the four women who were elected to the House of Assembly were put in one ministry, Transport and Aviation, some observers were perplexed, myself included. I could not understand the thinking of Prime Minister Perry Christie. I suppose all’s well that ends well, because the release, issued by the government’s information service on Friday, …
Tangible Strategy for Courting Women
AT the final Free National Movement (FNM) rally on Saturday, Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham made an overt pitch to women voters, particularly mothers, asking them to vote for the ‘FNM Delivery Team’. In discussing the road improvement project he compared the tangled utility wires found underground with the jumbled up wires women often find in the back of their televisions, …
A Wish List For The Next Government
As published in the Tribune Newspaper on Monday, May 7, 2012 TO the soon-to-be-announced victors: Today, the Bahamas goes to the polls to choose you. Whether in the end they select an administration dominated by fresh faces or familiar, you will come to office with a brand new mandate, based on promises made during campaign season. Some politicians put forward …
Actualising female power at the poles
HAVE women actualised their power at the polls? As the general election approaches, women should contemplate this important question. And it should take no time to render a clear verdict. No. The reason is simple. Women in the Bahamas have no unified plan, no collective vision, no common agenda. And it is impossible to actualise the power of the women’s …