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President Peter Mutharika's commitment on women empowerment and promote gender equality is attracting applaud from various institutions as UN Women in Malawi (United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women) says is pleased with his continued commitment in gender issues.
Alice Harding Shackelford Malawi's UN Women country representative says she is impressed that President Mutharika's State of National Address stressed that his government will continue with programmes that empower women and enforce as well as implement Marriage Bill which he has recently assented
Alice Harding Shackelford says such commitments from a leader are well come and encourages other stakeholders to commit themselves in women empowerment issues.
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| Alice Harding Shackelford pose with Speaker Richard Msowoya |
“His Excellency highlighted the commitment of the government of Malawi to gender equality and women empowerment and I think that for him to reiterate that on regular basis in all his speeches he is so critical." She said
"He also highlighted that he is the first Head of State in SADC region to sign for He for She campaign and that shows that himself, cabinet and parliament are strongly committed to this. So, I think we are the excellent entry point in this country at this moment to further advance the agenda and ensure that areas of discriminatory and negative attitudes towards women and girls are stopped and we look at enforcing constructive and positive attitudes on these areas.”
Harding further highlighted “I think he also touched on a very critical area, we know the critical legislation has been passed by parliament and he has signed it just recently, The Trafficking in Person Bill and Marriage Bill. But he also emphasized the focus on the enforcement of the law. And I think the enforcement, awareness and capacity building around that have key challenges but we have to work together with the government in the coming months.”
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