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Women’s groups pushing for a “comprehensive” bill to address gender-based violence in The Bahamas say they are focusing on securing amendments to the Protection Against Violence Bill recently passed in both houses of Parliament. They are seeking amendments “that will bring it in line with some of the fundamental elements of the Gender-Based Violence Bill”,
Despite opposition from women’s rights groups to the government’s decision to proceed with the Protection Against Violence Bill, Prime Minister Philip Davis, while in the House of Assembly yesterday, led debate on the bill, noting that it is more “inclusive” than the Gender-Based Violence Bill initially proposed. In a statement late Wednesday night, Women United, Bahamas