Int’l Women’s Day: Coalition Tasks NASS On 35% Affirmative Action In Governance - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
March 9, 2020
A coalition of women groups under the PACFaH@Scale project has called on the National Assembly to pass laws on 35 per cent affirmative action for women involvement and inclusion in governance.
Thewomen groups made the call while briefing newsmen as part of activities tocommemorate this year’s International Women’s Day with the theme of this year’scommemoration is “I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights.”
ThePresident of the National Council of Women Societies, NCWS  Gloria LarabaiShoda, who spoke on behalf of the coalition called on the three tiers ofgovernment to fund, implement and ensure accountability of programs to achievethe Sustainable Development Goal, SDG 5, which is  ‘Achieving genderequality and empowering all women and girls.’
Thecoalition also called on all ties of government to fund, strengthen and ensureaccountability of the national and state primary health care boards.