While women in the region can vote, and are acknowledged for their role in community and low-level politics, at least two prominent women politicians in the region have insisted that the playing field is not level, and a woman’s ability to lead is still being questioned in Caribbean cultures. Among the most prominent of Bahamian women politicians, Janet Bostwick has lamented the fact that – much to her disappointment – gender inequality still pervades the Bahamas.
To read the full article, please visit The Bahama Journal.
While women in the region can vote, and are acknowledged for their role in community and low-level politics, at least two prominent women politicians in the region have insisted that the playing field is not level, and a woman’s ability to lead is still being questioned in Caribbean cultures. Among the most prominent of Bahamian women politicians, Janet Bostwick has lamented the fact that – much to her disappointment – gender inequality still pervades the Bahamas.
To read the full article, please visit The Bahama Journal.