Gender Based Violence and Harmful Practices.
Commitment description:I am committed to advancing new draft legislation to address the particular issue. To date, there is no specific legislation pertaining to Gender-based violence. However, there is a generic Domestic Violence Act which serves as a buffer for such circumstances. As we face more and more complex situations on a daily basis we cognizant of the need to pass legislation specifically to gender-based violence.
I, therefore, commit to having drafted and tabled in parliament by 2022 the new Gender-based Violence Act.
In its composition, it must have a youth perspective and it must be broad-based and inclusive of both gender and all persons with different sexual orientations.
Mode of engagement:
- Programmatic action1. Allocate funds to make legislative amendments. 2. Seek necessary funding to launch awareness campaigns in house, in-country and the diaspora. 3. To focus on the collection of data that could be used to make informed decisions.
Address gender-based violence and the harmful practices of child, early and forced marriages and female genital mutilation(5) (a) Zero sexual and gender-based violence and harmful practices, including zero child, early and forced marriage, as well as zero female genital mutilation; and (b) Elimination of all forms of discrimination against all women and girls, in order to realize all individuals’ full socio-economic potential.
