YW4A works to reduce the gap between the rights of young women and the effective development, adoption and implementation of the concerned policies and laws.
Under Pathway 4, YW4A is working to reduce the gap between the rights of young women and the effective development, adoption and implementation of the concerned policies and laws.
Progress towards the vision will be achieved through four interconnected and intrinsically linked pathways in Palestine, Egypt, Kenya and South Sudan:
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The Constitution provides for non-discrimination of women including protection against all forms of violence and guarantees for equal opportunities.
Under these laws, the expected reforms include:
The reforms under this Act are:
Under the Sexual Offences Act, we expect to see:
We will advocate for:
The Constitution has a gender representation quota but there is still no legal mechanism in a separate law to guarantee women’s representation in Parliament as envisaged in the Constitution. Under this, we will push for:
Article 9 provides that Palestinians shall be equal before the law and the judiciary, without distinction based upon race, sex, colour, religion, political views, or disability.
The expected change under the Constitution of Palestine is:
Enhanced accountability for women’s constitutional guarantee to non-discrimination.
Currently, there is a proposed draft of the Family Protection Law which is widely debated in Palestine.
Family Law and Jordanian Penal Code for 1960 has several discriminatory articles in relation to sexual violence including not criminalizing rape, the definition of rape.
The Personal Status Law contains several discriminatory provisions that deal with issues related to marriage, divorce, custody, and alimony.
For these legal gaps, the expected changes are:
In Article 16, the Constitution of South Sudan contains specific provisions on the rights of women including having full and equal dignity with men, right to equal pay for equal work, right to participate equally with men in public life, and the right to own property, among other provisions.
Expected change:
In South Sudan, there is no sexual offences legislation, domestic violence legislation, sexual harassment legislation, family law and the Penal Code makes an exception for the criminalization of marital rape.
There is a need for: