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Delegates to the Women’s Parliament pose for a group photograph with(seated left to right) Hon Monica Mutsvangwa; Vice President of the SADC Parliamentary Forum, Seychelles National Assembly Speaker Patrick Pillay; Former Namibian President Hefikepunye Pohamba; President of Seychelles, Mr Danny Faure; former Ugandan Deputy President Dr Specioza Wandira Kazibwe; Former South African President Kgalema Mothlante; Dr Jessie Kabwila, the Chair of the Regional Women’s Parliamentary Caucus; and Dr. Easu Chiviya.

SERIOUS:(L to R) Dr Esau Chiviya, Secretary General of SADC PF; Mr. Patrick Pillay, Speaker of the National Assembly of Seychelles; the President of the Republic of Seychelles, Mr. Danny Faure; SADC PF President Fernando Da Piedade Dos Santos, MP, who is also Speaker of the National Assembly of Angola; Malawian lawmaker Dr Jessie Kabwila who is also the Chairperson of the Regional Women’s Parliamentary Caucus; and Rt. Hon. Speaker of Malawi Richard Msowoya at the official opening of the 41st Plenary Assembly Session of SADC PF in Mahe, Seychelles.

UNITED: Speakers of National Parliaments, Members of Parliament and other delegates pose for a group photograph during the 42nd Plenary Assembly Session of the SADC Parliamentary Forum that took place in Windhoek from 1 to 3 December 2017

Delegates to the Women’s Parliament pose for a group photograph with

(seated left to right) Hon Monica Mutsvangwa; Vice President of the SADC Parliamentary Forum, Seychelles National Assembly Speaker Patrick Pillay; Former Namibian President Hefikepunye Pohamba; President of Seychelles, Mr Danny Faure; former Ugandan Deputy President Dr Specioza Wandira Kazibwe; Former South African President Kgalema Mothlante; Dr Jessie Kabwila, the Chair of the Regional Women’s Parliamentary Caucus; and Dr. Easu Chiviya.

SERIOUS:(L to R) Dr Esau Chiviya, Secretary General of SADC PF; Mr. Patrick Pillay, Speaker of the National Assembly of Seychelles; the President of the Republic of Seychelles, Mr. Danny Faure; SADC PF President Fernando Da Piedade Dos Santos, MP, who is also Speaker of the National Assembly of Angola; Malawian lawmaker Dr Jessie Kabwila who is also the Chairperson of the Regional Women’s Parliamentary Caucus; and Rt. Hon. Speaker of Malawi Richard Msowoya at the official opening of the 41st Plenary Assembly Session of SADC PF in Mahe, Seychelles.

UNITED: Speakers of National Parliaments, Members of Parliament and other delegates pose for a group photograph during the 42nd Plenary Assembly Session of the SADC Parliamentary Forum that took place in Windhoek from 1 to 3 December 2017

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Remarks by HON. JOSEPH NJOBVUYALEMA Vice President of the SADC Parliamentary Forum Presented on the occasion of a Dinner Cocktail on THE ROLE OF PARLIAMENT IN DOMESTIC RESOURCE MOBILIZATION (DRM)

11^th May 2016, Johannesburg, South Africa, OR Thabo, Southern Sun Hotel.

1. Context of Domestic Resource Mobilization (DRM)

Director of Ceremonies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Allow me to acknowledge that a cocktail dinner is not a platform for speeches especially when we have three days dedicated to intensive deliberations on a variety of subjects. I will therefore not want to spoil your dinner but it is however important that we highlight the context of this working dinner cocktail.

The failure by the developed countries (the G8) to uphold the development aid pledges they made at the 31^st G8 Summit held on the 6^th to the 8^th July 2015 at Gleneagles, Scotland in the United Kingdom and the resultant dwindling aid require that more focus be put on domestic resource mobilization (DRM) initiatives. Resource scarcity for developing countries have been exacerbated by the global recession which many economies are still to recover from and recently the migration crisis which now has preoccupied the donor countries.

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SADC MPs hail child Marriage Model Law

Staff Writer

Parliamentarians and other stakeholders from Southern Africa have welcomed the draft SADC Model Law on Eradicating Child Marriage and protecting those already in Marriage, saying it is a giant step forward in a region working to promote the rights of women and girls.

In separate interviews, they spoke about their pride in being part of a regional process that is developing a law with so much commonality that it can be easily adapted or adopted by SADC Member States as they confront the phenomenon that has been widely condemned.