The specific objectives of the policy include: to redress imbalances which arise from existing gender inequalities through policy review; legal reforms and enforcement of existing legislation; to provide a national framework from which policies are derived; to implement activities designed to strengthen women’s role in economic development; to implement activities designed to promote children’s development and protection; to promote women’s equal access to, and control over economically significant resources and benefits; and to enhance the survival, development and protection of children.

“This order specifies the types of agreements, decisions, practices and codes of conduct deemed anti-competitive or liable to cause abuse due to the dominant
position”.

A proclamation to provide for the establishment of the institution of the Ombudsman.

A proclamation on Ethiopian nationality.

A proclamation to provide for freedom of the mass media and access to information.

A proclamation to ratify the convention on the rights of persons with disability.

This proclamation establishes the reconciliation commission to maintain peace justice, national unity and consensus and also reconciliation among Ethiopians.

A proclamation to provide for the establishment of the human rights commission.

A proclamation to provide for accession to the African Charter on human and peoples’ rights.

This document discusses marriage and the effects of violations of essential conditions of marriage.

Gender equality is intertwined in every fabric of a country’s economy. It surfaces at every effort geared towards economic development. The plan notes that activities charged at sustainable development will have setbacks without addressing gender equality issues. The NAP-GE works towards being the tool for the promotion of gender-equitable development. It works towards attaining both national and international gender equality targets, as enshrined in the MDGs and the Ethiopian constitution.

The proclamation provides the necessary support to facilitate the organization of women with low living standards in income-generating endeavours, to alleviate their general living conditions. The proclamation thus establishes the Ethiopian Women’s Development Fund as a federal government body having its legal personality. The Fund shall be accountable to the Prime Minister. It highlights the various objectives of the fund, the powers and duties, structure, and central organs, among others.

This is Act specifying the provisions for the solemnization and registration of marriages including registration of customary, Muslim, Hindu and other religious marriages and for other related matters.

This document highlights the transgender rights as allowed under the Constitution of Botswana.

This is an Act specifying the provisions for the abolition of marital power, to amend the property law of marriages, to provide for the domicile of married women, to provide for the domicile and guardianship of minor children and for all other related matters.

This is an Act specifying the necessary provisions to protect survivors of domestic violence and for all other incidental matters.