11.2 Furthermore, the Constitution enjoins the state to take all
measures to ensure that people with disabilities including women
with disabilities realise their full mental and physical potential,
including measures to enable them to become self-reliant, enable
them to live with their families and participate in social and other
activities, to protect them from exploitation and abuse and to
provide state funded education and training where it is needed
among other rights117.
11.3 Further, the Constitution provides that the composition of the
Senate should include two members who represent persons with
disabilities118. Currently one female Senator represents the rights
of females with disabilities.
11.4 Government also enacted the Older Persons Act which provides for
the well-being of older persons including women and the creation
of an Older Persons Fund119.
Administrative Measures, Policies and Institutions
11.5 Widows receive assistance in the administration of their late
husbands’ estates and this is done administratively through the
offices of the Master of the High Court as well as at the civil
magistrates’ courts in the country. Moreover, the Legal Aid
Directorate assists vulnerable women with legal representation in
filing claims and registering estates.....to include infor on the First
Lady’s women empowerment programme, stats from LAD and
Master of High Court
11.6 Government with assistance of technical partners and working in
collaboration with NGOs and Disabled Persons’ Organisations has
117
Section 83 of the Constitution
118
Section 120 of the Constitution
119
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