NGOCC Executive Director Anne Anamela has called for an amendment to the Education Act to prohibit teachers from having sexual relationships with learners. And Anamela says NGOCC is proposing the addition of 26 seats for youths, 24 for women and 10 for persons with disabilities in the National Assembly, in order to bring the total number of MPs to 227. Meanwhile, President Hakainde Hichilema, in agreeing with Anamela, added that workplace relationships should also be prohibited. Speaking when President Hichilema met the Women’s Movement at State House, Thursday, Anamela said there could never be a consensual relationship between a teacher and a learner. “There is currently no legal provision which deals specifically with school-related GBV. What we want to see...

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