8 March 2021
In honour of Commonwealth Day on Monday 8 March, the British High Commission Nassau is holding a climate action photography contest for young Bahamians (ages 11-18).
Details of the contest are on the UK in The Bahamas Facebook Page. Young Bahamians aged 11-14 and 15-18 years old can submit photos that represent Nature-based Solutions to Combat Climate Change and its Impacts. Prizes in each age category include a Go Pro Hero 5 camera worth over $400 and a snorkel experience at the BREEF Coral Reef Sculpture Garden and Coral Nursery.
Protecting the environment and combatting climate change are very important for the 54 members of the Commonwealth.
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In observance of the 58th Anniversary of the Enactment of the Right of Women to Vote, and the 25th Anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the Ministry of Social Services and Urban Development’s Department of Gender and Family Affairs, Zonta Clubs of The Bahamas, and Caribbean Women in Leadership, hosted a special sitting of the House of Assembly for Women in Parliament and presented a resolution to the Speaker.
The theme of the resolution, presented on Friday, was “Accelerating the Empowerment and Advancement of Women in Parliamentary Representation, Economic Development and Protection Against Gender-Based Violence.”
Pictured clockwise from top right are Patricia Minnis, the wife of Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis; Senator Dr Jasmin Turner- Dareus and Robyn Lynes, attorney and former senator, seated; Ann Marie Davis, wife of Philip Davis, Leader of the Opposition; Ismella Davis-Delancy, Deputy Commissioner of Police; Aneesah Abdullah, Sustainable De