Have Your Say: Bills To Bring About Gender Equality
Tribune242 Nassau, The Bahamas:
PRIME Minister Perry Christie announced the introduction of four bills in the House of Assembly on Wednesday morning which, once passed, will effect a constitutional referendum.
BILL 1: Would allow a child born outside of the Bahamas to a Bahamian mother and a non-Bahamian father to have citizenship.
BILL 2: Would allow a foreign man married to a Bahamian woman to seek citizenship.
BILL 3: Would allow an unmarried Bahamian father to pass his citizenship to a child born to a foreign mother.
BILL 4: Would end discrimination based on sex.
Have you been affected by any of these issues? Are they relevant to your life? If so, you can leave your comments below.
July 23, 2014
