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move a little, within the same area but burials should discontinue. This would bedone in two to three days.• Once the Royal Foundation of Zambia receives the letter, they will contact JWOPand arrange a visit to Mrs. Chilala’s place.• Donors will be engaged to facilitate the visit to Mrs. Chilala’s place.• The Appeal drafted at the workshop and signed by participants will accompany theletter from Colonel Mudenda to express the participants’ belief in the urgency of thematter.• A Press release would be issued at the end of the workshop highlighting the role ofthe Royal Foundation of Zambia in resolving the Chilala case.Other options were suggested in case the above procedure fails;• Lawyers specializing on human rights law would be mobilized to launch a freshappeal in Mrs. Chilala’s case. There was a possibility of getting this done withintwo days.• Initiate an appeal on the judgment of the Land Tribunal. Arguments can be madeagainst the case being out of time and this could be condoned. This could be filedwithin two weeks.• Seek to publicize the Royal Foundation of Zambia and coordination committeeefforts to resolve the case. COHRE expressed their interest in this role especiallyfocusing on the international media.A final consensus was reached on that the first option of involving the Royal Foundationof Zambia be used before litigation.Responsibility: A coordination committee will be set up comprising of JWOP and WLSAto monitor and follow through the process, basically driving the process and avoiding anyhuge time delays.28
Annex 1: Working Group DeliberationsWorking Group One: Constitutional. Legal and policy reform for women’sproperty rightsThe group was tasked with seeking potential solutions that build on existing processes,make rights a reality and look at ways of improving institutional coordination.Key opportunitiesExisting process:1. Intestate Succession Act: Customary land not covered under that Act.• A proviso in terms of customary land where a surviving spouse shoulddeliberately be allowed to stay on land allocated to a deceased spouse.Activity: Lobby the Royal Foundation of Zambia and House of Chiefs.• Introduce a life interest in customary land (life of a surviving spouse) andchildren.• Include in the Act a statement that the surviving spouse shall be a coadministrator.In the absence of a surviving spouse where there are minor childrenthe Administrator General will be a Co-administrator.2. Wills and Administration of Testate Estates Act• Sensitisation on the benefit and importance of writing wills especially for children• Who: NGOs, civil society, relevant government departments• How: lobbying and advocacy.3. The Constitution• Political will by government to adopt progressive recommendations made by theCRC.Making rights a reality• Through strengthening institutional framework such as Human RightsCommission (HRC), Victim Support Unit (VSU), Social Welfare Department,Gender in Development Division (GIDD), office of the Administrator General,Commissioner of Lands, Civil society.• Inter-institutional coordination by identifying mandate of each institution andallocating tasks to each followed by monitoring and evaluation of thecoordination on a periodic basis.• Regional coordination – borrow from best practices of various partners e.g.Zambia could interface with Zimbabwe.Strategies1. Legal reform• Land policy- draft form right now, but should make sure it addresses the needs ofwomen, vis a vis land allocation29
Page 2 and 3: Table of ContentsTABLE OF CONTENTS
Page 4 and 5: LIST OF ABBREVIATIONSCOHRE:ESCR:FAO
Page 6 and 7: 2.0 Welcome and Opening RemarksFlor
Page 8 and 9: 3.0 Legal issues of women’s prope
Page 10 and 11: grabbing. The category of widows an
Page 12 and 13: 4.3 Rights of widows and orphans in
Page 14 and 15: Chieftainess Nkomesha proposed that
Page 16 and 17: I used the pension money from my la
Page 18 and 19: among female-headed households. The
Page 20 and 21: 7.3 Zimbabwe Republic Police Progra
Page 22 and 23: discovered through the Home Based C
Page 24 and 25: Gradually, the marriage became viol
Page 26 and 27: Act has a number of gaps in terms o
Page 30 and 31: • National Gender policy in need
Page 32 and 33: Why these targets?Policy makers•
Page 34 and 35: also traditional land administered
Page 36 and 37: The workshop concluded with partici
Page 38 and 39: Distinguished guests, ladies and ge
Page 40 and 41: • Third, ways must urgently be fo
Page 42 and 43: • Continue sharing experiences•
Page 44 and 45: inspiring testimonies from Uganda,
Page 46 and 47: STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK ON HOW TO MOVE
Page 48 and 49: Annex 3: Workshop Programme and Lis
Page 50 and 51: List of participants, organizations
Page 52: Moreen Mudimba Ntengwe Orphan Manjo

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