President Rupiah Banda has directed the Ministry of Justice and the Gender in Development Division to speed up the process of auditing legislation on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women.
Mr Banda said in Lusaka yesterday that consultations regarding the proposed Bill on gender-based violence were on schedule and that the Government would present it to Parliament soon.
Mr Banda said even if the Constitution provided for the protection of the rights of all individuals, there were concerns raised by various stakeholders that the rights of women had not been adequately addressed.
In a speech read for him by Vice-President, George Kunda, when he launched this year’s 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence, Mr Banda said the Government placed the protection of the rights of all individuals on the agenda as enshrined in the Constitution.
Explaining the measures that the Government was implementing in an effort to eradicate gender violence, Mr Banda said the Vision 2030 prioritized the protection of human rights, especially those of women and children.
Mr Banda said the Fifth National Development Plan (FNDP) prioritized the domestication of various human rights instruments which Zambia was party to.
He said yesterday’s event, whose theme was ‘Human Rights for Women – Human Rights for All in Zambia’ was important as it denoted the Government’s commitment to the elimination of all forms of gender violence in society.
“For my administration, the theme is challenging us leaders to critically reflect on our legislation, policies and programmes in so far as they relate to the rights of women,” he said.
He said the Government felt it fit to appoint the Constitutional Review Commission and enact the National Constitutional Conference (NCC) Act to enable the people to create a Constitution that represented their views and protected all the citizens.
He said the Government believed that gender and other pertinent issues raised during the consultative process would feature prominently in the new Constitution.
At the same function, Home Affairs Minister, Kalombo Mwansa said there were many challenges in the fight against gender-based violence, hence a lot of work needed to be done.
Dr Mwansa urged all Zambians to get involved in the fight, as all citizens were potential victims of the vice.
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) resident representative, Macleod Nyirongo said Zambia, like many other countries in the world, was still experiencing an increase in incidences of gender-based violence.
Mr Nyirongo said the Zambian report of the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination indicated that violence against women and children was still rife.
“The number of reported cases of defilement rose from 306 reported cases in 2000 to 1,511 cases in 2005. Likewise, reported cases of rape increased from 198 in 2001 to 308 in 2003,” he said.
Human Rights Commission chairperson, Pixie Yangailo said millions of women and girls were currently being tormented day and night simply because of their gender, which was bad.
Non Government Organisation Coordinating Council chairperson Marian Munyinda called for the quick domestication of various international conventions related to the protection of womenís rights in the country.
Times of Zambia
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numero ucho!
Most the these so called married women these days have several boy friends. No wonder husbands always beat the daylights out of them.
what now
i have already read this in the times of Zambia
Womens rights!
I think on this blog women are not treated fairly. If you come with a
woman’s name bloggers will say all sorts to you.
what is gender thing about..! its only gender when women a affected yet they are major causes of trouble in their families.they always expect more than what they deserve..!
Good idea – and easy to say – for example there are only 3 women in cabinet. Govt should put their money where their mouth is
# 3
So you do that to your woman.
Keep them coming.
Lets see how pathetic you can be.
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rats
I bet #3 is a man. We have seen men who are violent and abusive to their wives not for having boyfriends but for a simple fact that they are broke they take it out on thier wives. Its time women’s right were promoted.
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oops, OK Nummer vierzehn
Wir sind sehr langsam heute Charles, schrecklich
Is this what you men are going to blog on.
Say something and stop messing about.
Most of these women that are battered are illiterate and without a source of income of their own. Show me the lady bread winner who is battered by her husband.
And number 7 yes its only gender when women are affected. Presentl, the majority of headteachers in Lusaka are women. Is that what you call eqaulity?
Blah blah blah!
Ichintu chintu umwene.
Ba Chewe don’t go Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease!
Fellow Zambians lets be serious on issues of national importance. Women are just as human as men but in Zambia you still treat your own mothers, sisters, aunties as second class citizens, they are trampled upon, they have have been marginalised and excluded from development process and this shows from the way we are reacting. They can never be development as long as women are left behind. Yes gender is about women and men, but at the momemnt women are the ones bearing the brunt of poverty, hiv/aids, violence etc. Women have no access to resources or even benefits due to various factors and culture and bad attitudes and stereotyping being among the
hinderences. STOP VIOLENCE NOW!
Fellow Men there only two thigs I hate most here on earth:1 the Devil,and two women abusers.My plea to my fellow men is lets respect the women just as they respect us.We have all the reasons to respect them,they carry us for nine months in their wombs then after that they take care of us upto a certain stage while fi tata ninshi filenwafye.to all the girls,ladies and all women I salute you,you deserve the best than we men deserve.
#20 Matworld
Don’t start a fire that even the fire brigade wont be able to put out
Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeessssssssssse!
#22
Thank you.
#23 but that’s true Bro.
Is true that Sata will rule in 2011?
A word of advice to all who resort to beating their spouses. If you fail to reason and let the person you are reasoning with see sense in what you are telling them, please try repeating yourself. If they don,t get it time and again please leave them to persue what their heart is telling them is good for them. Beating someone is no means of sending your message across to someone. If your spouse is double crossing you time after time then there is nothing left for you in their heart and its time for one to move on. Don’t wait for one to beat you almost to death and appear in the paper for you to make a decision. Even a slap is warning enough that one day you may land in hospital.
WOMEN, WOMEN ABUSE THEIR HUSBANDS ALSO
Yes it’s true that Gender isssues are in favour of women but the reason is simple this is because women are in the majority of abuse usuallly caused by men eg.sexual abuse,violence etc
Iam one person who is trying and I will keep on trying to bring this bad lable which says abaume ninsoka(men are snakes)ladies I totally agree with you on this one,but of course not all men are snakes.The reason why ladies say this,is becoz of the way some of us men treat them after they have entrusted us with their bodies.then after finishing them you start abusing them.thats being unfair guys.leave them peacefully than leaving them with scars.ladies on these issues of abuse Iam 100% in support of you.I will even help you to lay charges against us men.Ala
Mr Banda said the Vision 2030 prioritized the protection of human rights, especially those of women and children.
RB72 will be there as presido to make sure this happens too.
Thanks i’m Veintiocho
Viva H H man who will always make sure women got treated fairly in Zed
Trreinta dos
where is shaka
Nyama Soya is contradicting himself, why did he marry his grand daughter? That is abuse ata
#34 soseni!
thanks matworld, from yo posting #22 i think u love and appreciate yo mother. thats the sweetest thing a mother would love to know. atleast you admit what fathers do even when our mothers still never complain n show us love not forgeting providing for us.ILL TELL YOU WHAT YO MAMA IS A HAPPY WOMAN. hope you have told her you appreciate her,she will die a happy woman even when you dont flash her with bling,just to know what you think of her makes her happy.
#36.I have told her how much I appreciate the love she has shown me from the time I was put in her womb up to this time.But I still feel I have to do something for her just to appreciate all she has done for me unfortunately am still at school,My prayer for her is May our good Lord add more years to her life so that she can also benefit from what she has invested in me.Iam not saying that I don’t love my dad,I do love him too.
SAME STORIES WE READ FROM TIMES OF ZAMBIA AND ZAMBIA DAILY MAIL NEWS, LT YOU HAVE BECOME SO BORING. GO AROUND AND BRING RAW DATA FROM THE COMMUNITTIES PLEASE.
I was once married to a handsome man, but one day he tried to beat me for coming home late from work, instead I over powered him and beat him hard. The following week he took me to a local court for a divorce that I beat him everyday. This is how some men are, very cruel and stupid!!
matworld, i get u.its just that i think our mothers need to know that we apreciate them,show that their efforts are noticed.ofcourse we love our fathers too.but the presure they experience is not the same.and mothers often dont seek recognition. Dont wory a day will come when you will be able to do something for her.i love my dad to bits but i feel he has the strength to take care of him self compared to mum so i go an extra mile for her,im in sch too so hope for a day i can do something real good just to say thank you.i thank God for every new day with them
Gender based violence in work places,i have read alot abot family based how about work places???
Gender based violence at workplaces exists, usually sexual violence with male bosses trying to make passes at female employees.It is difficult to prove that someone was making a pass at you as a woman.
Can a good soul out there give me the results of the match between Nkana and Power,which was played this afternoon.Let women also start playing football so that gender is balanced.
Ask me how to treat these ladies. Visit me at our motel u wil see how we do it……………………….
Iam waiting for results
My wife beats me every weekend but no one writes about it and she does it in front of my neighbor
Me too she looks like Regina Chiluba and i like chiluba imagine what i go through??
Guys who beats women are just cowards!!! Real men fight in the ring like Tyson & Co.
I’ll never write on this blog again. This is it, am really fed up of
my wife beats me every morning and no one comes to my rescue. i think i must go for boxing lessons so that i can one day teach her the lesson. she is muscular like Reginah Chiluba and Vera Chiluba…no wonder Chiluba keep on running away from his wives.
Well I will just replace you with another short man.
Some men just need to be thrown in the dusturbin or pa chishala.
Reminds me of an article that ran here in the UK with the admission that when Brit colonisers arrived in Southern Africa it was run mostly by Queens. Of course as we know these were rapidly replaced (forcefully) by Kings quickly diminished to “chiefs” (so there would only be a certain Victoria with the title “Queen”. How sad is it today that a lot of what people think is traditional (roles of women) is actually a carefully whitewashed European viewpoint. We should be documenting our own history.
Marriage between the two(man and woman) of 20-something-yrs of age difference constitutes (is tanatmount to) GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE therefore let us check ourselves before getting tough on others. Plizz advisors assist, this is reason you are there, some of these things let them be done junior ministers/cadres.
I won’t say much. As for me noviolence i know my rights. I depend on myself for everything. so life is easy. The problem with most of women they still think a man is a provider “WRONG”.
#55 what you say makes sense but remember that a man cannot be reduced to a mere provider for the household… Don’t tell me that you have found consolation outside your marriage…someone, somehow, somewhere!!! remember that your husband is not your brother, but your husband!!!
# 56. Define the word “HUSBAND” the way u understand it.
#55 when it comes to service you still go back to the man (LOL) ???
# 55 just for you In premodern times (ancient Roman, medieval, and early modern history), a husband was supposed to protect and support not only his wife and children, but servants and animals of his domain, and the father (as the “patron”) was awarded with much authority, differing from that of his wife.[5]
In the Middle Ages and Early Modern European history, it was unusual to marry out of love, but then became an influential ideal.[6][7] A husband then had more opportunities in society than his wife, who was not recognized as legally independent.
thats the biggest problem we have in this nation. RB’s directive is nothing new. Looks like someone went to pick up the speech from the archives and made a few modifications to it. Just last year, Late Levy was issuing the same directive. You wonder mwe…..