Dear Editor,
I heard the interview that Wayne Munroe, attorney-at-law, gave to the media on the issue of women's rights and the referendum.
I understood him to say that women in this country did not need further protection because women in The Bahamas already had the benefit/protection of, 1) the Married Women's Property Act of 1884, 2) female children can go to school here freely, whereas this was not the case in some muslim countries, and 3) men cannot freely divorce women as can happen in muslim countries.
I do hope I misunderstood Munroe.
A look at Amnesty International's web pages shows that nine of its 25 current human rights abuse cases are in muslim countries. The abuse of human rights in muslim countries against women, Christians and other minorities has reached a new brutal and ruthless level.
Is Munroe really saying, that since our record of treatment of women is better than some of the worst countries on the planet, we should be satisfied?
Using the worst benchmarks as points of comparison, we cannot fail to look good.
But we will fail to do any better. Surely this is not what Munroe wants for his country.
- Leandra Esfakis

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