REGIONAL PARLIAMENT BACKS SADC MODEL LAWON GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE

MP Fatuma Ndangiza, Chairperson of the East African Legislative Assembly's Committee on Regional Affairs and Conflict Resolution, delivered a solidarity statement during the "special occasion" of the adoption of the Southern African Development Community Model Law on Gender-Based Violence. The SADC Model Law on Gender-Based Violence, she noted, is "such an important legal instrument" that provides an opportunity to strengthen synergy with the SADC Parliamentary Forum to "outlaw GBV from our respective regions.