Opinion - Encouraging Zambezi women to participate in politics
Source: New Era Newspaper
Namibia is a country founded on democratic principles of justice for all and the rule of law, as stipulated in Article 1 of the Constitution.
The Namibian constitution further strongly prohibits any kind of discrimination on any ground stipulated in Article 10. The constitution, under Article 23, further goes on to include an affirmative action plan prohibiting racial discrimination as it was a practice in the apartheid colonial regime.
The affirmative action clause, therefore, favours previously disadvantaged people, such as women, who were denied human and political rights in the past.
Click here to read the full article published by New Era Newspaper on 28 July 2023.
Namibia is a country founded on democratic principles of justice for all and the rule of law, as stipulated in Article 1 of the Constitution.
The Namibian constitution further strongly prohibits any kind of discrimination on any ground stipulated in Article 10. The constitution, under Article 23, further goes on to include an affirmative action plan prohibiting racial discrimination as it was a practice in the apartheid colonial regime.
The affirmative action clause, therefore, favours previously disadvantaged people, such as women, who were denied human and political rights in the past.
Click here to read the full article published by New Era Newspaper on 28 July 2023.
