Kubatana.net has been tracking the progress of the Domestic Violence Bill through Parliament.

All hell broke loose recently when Movement for Democratic Change, Member of Parliament, Timothy Mubawu stated that:

“It is against God’s principles that men and women are equal”.

He went on to say that the Domestic Violence Bill should address the proper dressing by women because:

“some of the dressing by women is too inviting”.

In reaction to his comments, the Women’s Coalition organised a protest march on Tuesday, 10th October. Apparently when the Women’s Coalition asked the police for permission to march, Inspector Mutizira at Harare Central Police Station asked members of the Women’s Coalition why they wanted to “litter the streets” with their demonstration.

Meanwhile, after Kubatana.net published Timothy Mubawu’s comments and news of the Protest March one of our subscribers wrote to us and said:

Women naturally are trouble causers and I find it difficult why they want to hide behind their fingers. Women go arround sleeping with their garden boys and who is writing laws to protect the innocent men who is not going to deliver enough love to his wife after servicing the offlayer with sexual greed. Give a woman a lift in your car and start seeing the video of enticing you.Yes, you might ague that men use money to lure women but the bottom line is that the fish goes willingly for the worm, thus we shud not backtrack and allow women to yoke us when we work very hard for them to have a decent living.

Camfed alerted us to an anonymous advertisement placed in the state-controlled Sunday Mail newspaper on the 8th October 2006. The advertisement reads:

Plea to Honourable Members of Parliament and Senators
The passage of the domestic violence bill can make or break marriage as an institution in Zimbabwe. Do not rush it. Take it to the people. Present it to them in their own languages. And let them decide for thmeselves in a referendum because its their future and heritage. Do not let western influence kill our culture!

The person or organisation that placed this advertisement didn’t have the courage to identify themselves, preferring to sign themselves, Proudly Zimbabwean.

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