PM & Church Leaders Meet on Gender Policy

Dean Barrow

The prime minister met with church leaders today on the revised gender policy. The leaders from the various churches have made numerous recommendations that they wish to be included in the controversial policy document that has sparked demonstrations across the country led by the evangelical arm of the churches. PM Barrow told the media that most of the wrinkles have been ironed out.

Prime Minister Dean Barrow

“Absolutely productive meeting. All outstanding issues have been sorted out, it is just now for some redrafting to be done in particular areas where we have agreed in principle on where we want to go, but where the language that was before us couldn’t be improved in the way we wanted it on the spot. So a smaller group…and the areas where this needs to be done are very few. So a smaller group will get together and do that. But there is complete agreement between government and the churches now on what the revised gender policy will ultimately look like.”