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Bahamas: Sister's Keeper

Written byJanine Mendes-Franco
Posted 12 November 2009 19:05 GMT

“We women survivors of violence of all kinds must break this collective silence…and we women who enjoy relative freedom and safety must extend our hands and voices to our sisters who do not, because we are not free until all are free”: The Bahamas’ Womanish Words calls on women to be their sister's keeper.

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