Category: Sustainable Development

By Colleen Lowe Morna – CEO of Gender Links. This article is written in her personal capacity).Photo courtesy of UN Women   Monday 9th July 2018: There is a scene still etched in my memory from my younger days as a reporter. Soon after his release from jail in 1990, Mandela paid an official visit to Zimbabwe as leader of the African National Congress (ANC). As he emerged from the flight, a group of South African women in exile broke forth from behind the barrier shouting “Comrade Nelson!”   They embraced and kissed him, in a show of affection and patriotism...

PRESS BRIEFING DATE: JULY 17, 2018 VENUE: NBA OFFICES   TIME: 13:00 HOURS   THE NATIONAL BIOSAFETY AUTHORITY (NBA) WAS ESTABLISHED UNDER THE BIOSAFETY ACT NO. 10 OF 2007. THROUGH THE ACT, THE NBA REGULATES THE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, APPLICATION, IMPORTATION, EXPORT, TRANSIT, CONTAINED USE, RELEASE OR PLACING ON THE MARKET OF ANY GMO WHETHER INTENDED FOR USE AS A PHARMACEUTICAL, FOOD, FEED OR PROCESSING, OR A PRODUCT OF A GMO ALSO TO ENSURE THAT ANY ACTIVITY INVOLVING THE USE OF GMOS OR A PRODUCT OF GMO PREVENTS ANY SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT OR HARM TO HUMAN, ANIMAL HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE COUNTRY. IN...

Statement by his Excellency Mr. Edgar Chagwa Lungu President of the Republic of Zambia during the swearing in ceremony, on Wednesday, 8th August, 2018, Honourable Elizabeth Phiri, M.P Let me begin by congratulating you Honourable Elizabeth Phiri, M.P on your appointment as a Cabinet Minister responsible for Gender. I recognise your significant contribution to our party the Patriotic Front and also our country. Your passion to serve the Zambian people at any leadership level is what earned you a position in the party’s central committee. Further, your commitment to the party and welfare of the Zambian people earned you an...

Friday 10th August, 2018 A renowned nonprofit organization in the fight against early child marriage in Zambia, Musokotwane Compassion Mission Zambia (MCMZ) has challenged the newly appointed Minister of Gender to walk the directive by her appointing authority, President Edgar Chagwa Lungu to end child marriage. Speaking at a press briefing held in Choma, Southern Province, Musokotwane Compassion Mission Zambia (MCMZ) Executive Director, Sibbuku Genious Musokotwane congratulated Honourable Elizabeth Phiri on her well deserved appointment, and urged her to walk the directive to end child marriage beyond pronouncements. Mr. Musokotwane says it is worrying for us as a country to...