CG attends reception for csw 60 delegates

NEW YORK — Hon. Forrester J. Carroll, Bahamas Consul General to New York, attended a reception hosted by H.E. Dr. Elliston Rahming, Bahamas Ambassador to the United Nations and the Organization of American States (OAS), on Friday, March 18, 2016, at Alibaba Restaurant, 862 Second Avenue, for Bahamian delegates attending the sixtieth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 60) at the United Nations Headquarters. The reception followed a side event panel on “Gender Based Violence in the Caribbean: A Cause of Concern and Time for Action.” Pictured from left to right at the reception are Acting Justice of the Bahamas Supreme Court Petra M. Hanna-Weekes, Regional Vice President of the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA); Consul General Carroll; and Mrs. Jethlyn Burrows, President of the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA). –