PRESIDENT SAYS WOMEN PARTICIPATION KEY, STRENGTHENING OF RELEVANT LAWS IS VITAL.President Hakainde Hichilema writes below…This afternoon we met the Non Governmental Gender Organisations Coordinating Council (NGOCC) Chairperson Madam Mary Silavwe Mulenga and discussed a wide range of issues affecting the Nation. These issues included women participation in decision making.We stated that we remain committed to ensuring that more women are put in key strategic positions. This is the reason we have a woman Vice President, the first woman Speaker of the National Assembly and her Deputy, also a woman. Additionally, the UPND has appointed a woman as deputy Chief Whip, Honourable Princess Kasune. This a demonstration of our commitment to gender diversity.Women participation in politics has been hampered by the hostile environment previously and this is the reason we are examining the relevant laws to ensure that women can take the stage on the political front without being physically and emotionally abused. This is also […]
HH ASSURES NGOCC THAT IT WILL APPOINT MORE WOMEN TO STRATEGIC POSITIONS.
