27 April 2011
PRESIDENT Rupiah Banda is today expected to officially open the sixth International Association of Women Judges Africa Regional conference at the Zambezi Sun Hotel in Livingstone.
President Banda will also commission newly-constructed houses for Zambia Police Service staff in the tourist capital.
This is according to a statement released yesterday by the president’s special assistant for Press and public relations, Dickson Jere.
Mr Jere said the women judges’ conference had been organised by the Zambia Association of Women Judges, which is a chapter of the International Association of Women Judges.
The president has commended the International Association of Women Judges, a non-governmental organisation comprising more than 4, 000 members at all judicial levels, from more than 90 countries, for its various professional and social development works throughout the world.
He said since inception in 1991, the International Association of Women Judges had united women from diverse legal judicial systems who share a commitment to equal justice and the rule of law.
Mr Banda had observed that: “The objective of the International Association of Women Judges of dialogue is one deserving admiration. Through dialogue women judges from all over the world are able to share experiences and best practices in areas such as violence against women and gender bias in court.”
President Banda offered his full support for increased women’s participation as judges in the judicial life of the nation, adding:
“Let me assure the Zambia Association of Women Judges and the people of Zambia that for as long as I am president, the Zambia Association of Female Judges is assured of receiving new members as I intend to continue appointing more female judges to the bench,” he said.
On the police officers’ houses, Mr Banda said the MMD Government was “on a warpath to eradicate problems of residential accommodation in the Zambia Police Service.”
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