SPEAKER of the National Assembly Nelly Mutti has urged government to re-introduce the ministry of gender in order to achieve the 50/50 gender representation target in decision making positions. Last month during a media breakfast meeting, Speaker Mutti said the removal of the ministry of gender by downsizing it into a gender department under the Vice-President’s Office had not caused any harm. She had argued that it wasn’t the ministry that was going to ensure that women’s participation was enhanced in decision making positions but affirmative action. “I believe when there was the ministry of gender, I don’t know if there was anything that we achieved more than what we have achieved now. I think the issues of gender, it’s...