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Marion Bethel, the vice chairperson and rapporteur of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).

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‘UB study highlights need to criminalise marital rape’

A STUDY highlighting the threats married women face emphasises the need to criminalise marital rape, women’s rights advocate Marion Bethel said yesterday.

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Activists find Rex Major’s comments ‘appalling’

A TOP human rights expert said she is hard-pressed to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Bahamian independence given the constitutional inequalities between men and women and the government’s failure to adequately protect women from violence.

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birdiestrachan 11 months, 2 weeks ago

Ms Bethel does not have to celebrate independence, others will all of a sudden Marital rape is so urgent

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