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Gabon Wants More Equality Between Men and Women Gabon will present three bills to parliament to strengthen equality between men and women, notably by fighting against "violence" and "discrimination", Prime Minister Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda told AFP on Friday, March 26. One of the texts introduces divorce by mutual consent. And adultery, committed by the man or the woman, will be a reason for separation for both spouses, whereas until now it could only be invoked by the man before the judge. Today, a Gabonese woman is also obliged by law to "obey" her husband. The planned changes will put an end to this, the trailblazing female head of government assured AFP in an interview. "It was time to strengthen this protection for women by progressively eliminating the discrimination and violence against them," Ms. Ossouka Raponda said. Three bills were adopted on Tuesday, March 23, by the council of ministers -- one on "the elimination of violence against women, " the other two aiming to amend the criminal code and the civil code, which still enshrines the pre-eminence of the man in the couple by making the husband the sole head of the family. The bills have yet to be voted on by the National Assembly and Senate, but the party of President Ali Bongo Ondimba, who has ruled Gabon since his first election in 2009 when he took over from his late father Omar Bongo's long reign, largely dominates both houses. "Today, the husband is the head of the family, the wife must obey the husband and it is the husband who has the choice of residence" for the family, explained Ms. Ossouka Raponda. Thanks to the new bills, the woman will share with the man the role of head of the family, she promised. Any act of domestic violence against a spouse could also lead to divorce. "We want to protect the family as a whole," the Prime Minister said. The draft amendment to the penal code extends the right to voluntary termination of pregnancy to some extent, although it remains highly conditional. "It is not yet the right time" to liberalize it, Ms. Ossouka Raponda said. For an abortion, the state of distress of the woman will no longer need to be "serious" and the requirement of a doctor's opinion to establish this will be removed. These reforms are already triggering heated debates on social networks. In 2020, the decriminalization of homosexuality had led to a strong protest movement in a large part of public opinion. In a recent report published by the World Bank "Women, Business and Law 2021", Gabon, a small Central African country, was ranked 41st out of 48 sub-Saharan African countries in terms of promoting women's rights. WI
caribbean now Trinidad and Tobago PM Rowley Meets Virtually with Congresswoman Waters TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO – Dr. Keith Rowley, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago and Chairman of CARICOM, met virtually met U.S. Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, on Thursday, March 25, 2021, The Associates Times reported on Saturday, March 27. In a press release, the Prime Minister’s office said the meeting focused on several matters of mutual interests. Discussions included talks on access to COVID-19 vaccines, Venezuela, Haiti and other CARICOM-related issues. “Minister of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs, Senator Dr Amery Browne, and Ambassador for Trinidad and Tobago to CARICOM, Her Excellency Ms. Frances Seignoret, also attended the meeting,” the releases added. After weeks of the dilemma of its arrival date, Trinidad and Tobago’s supply of coronavirus vaccines is on its way. The 33,600 shots of the AstraZeneca vaccine are scheduled to arrive on Wednesday. Last week, Jamaica became the first Caribbean country to get vaccines through COVAX, receiving 14,400 doses. WI
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