The Senate on Thursday pledged to protect the interest of women in the ongoing Constitution review process.Chairman, Senate Committee on..
The Senate on Thursday pledged to protect the interest of women in the ongoing Constitution review process.
He said that the committee is already warming up for the task even as several Bills have been forwarded to the Committee in addition to memoranda being received from different interest groups in the country. “Anything about women is very important to us because the day women decide to speak with one voice, men will definitely be in trouble.“I know part of what would be in the proposals just submitted, will be about increase in proportion of women participation in governance in line with the Beijing protocol but that would be looked into in a way that would not infract with provisions of the constitution as regards gender discrimination.
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