By RUTH YAMBAYAMBAZambia Must Prosper Party (ZMP) is saddened that women in Zambia have continued to face various forms of marginalisation which in-turn hamper realisation of their full potential.“What is even more worrying is that successive Governments including the current President Hakainde Hichilema’s UPND Government, have been paying lip service to the emancipation of women from all forms of oppression such as economic and political marginalisation.In Zambia the HIV disease burden just like the crippling poverty are said to carry the face of a woman, a sad reference but a reality which has however not been taken seriously by Government to change the narrative through deliberate policies aimed at addressing the situation.“Coupled to that is a struggling health sector beleaguered with shortages of medical supplies, equipment and staff which in-turn places a heavy burden on expectant women and others who take care of the sick in many households and health institutions,” party sposkesperson Trymore Mwenda […]
ZMP PARTY CONDEMNS CONTINUED MARGINALISATION OF WOMEN
