By Marvin Chanda MberiRaising the gender profile in any society, Zambia inclusive has been a long journey stretching as far as 1948 when the United Nations member states made a declaration to affirm the equality of all firms. This landmark decision was replicated by other international state actors and with time, the various state parties Zambia inclusive started finding progressive ways of integrity gender equality in their policy framework.The discussion on Zambia’s gender profile is traceable from the landmark cases of Edith Nawakwi v. Attorney General and Chief Passport Officer as well as Sarah Longwe v. Intercontinental Hotels (1994). For the benefit of the readers, in the Nawakwi case, the applicant was a single mother who had applied to travel outside the country with her two young children. Under the immigration laws at the time, a single woman could not travel with the children unless prior consent from the father was obtained. The applicant successfully […]
WOMEN’S DAY REFLECTION; RAISING THE GENDER PROFILE
