GENDER Division Permanent Secretary Mainga Kabika says the Division has achieved more things than what the ministry of gender actually attained. The Non-governmental Organisations Coordinating Council (NGOCC) has been advocating for the re-introduction of the Ministry of Gender, calls which former minister of gender Elizabeth Phiri recently backed. Phiri argued that the gender ministry was the only ministry that was directly involved in human affairs. “The ministry of gender was a very important ministry. As a former minister of gender, whoever is concerned about the affairs of a human being, because it was the only ministry which was speaking for human beings. There’s a minister of fisheries, minister of livestock, minister of lands, etc, but it was the only ministry...

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