More critically, the Judge concluded his judgment by calling upon the Government of Botswana to repeal all discriminatory laws which may in themselves or by their effect undermine the rights of women. In this connection, the Court held that: “In conclusion, I wish to point out that there is an urgent need for parliament to abolish all laws that are inconsistent with section 3(a) so that the right to equality ceases to be an illusion or a mirage, but where parliament is slow to effect the promise of the Constitution, this Court, being the fountain of justice and the guardian of the Constitution, would not hesitate to perform its constitutional duty when called upon to do so”. Mmusi is most certainly a critical step towards the promotion of the Charter in so far as equality before the law between men and women is concerned. As a strategy to eliminate discrimination and promote gender parity, the Government has also adopted the following key policies: The Gender Strategy which currently informs national gender programming; The National Policy on Gender and Development and the National Operational Plan; The Government developed the National Policy on Gender and Development (NPGAD, 2015), to guide and inform the development and implementation of gender sensitive and responsive initiatives by all development sectors with the aim of reducing inequalities in the opportunities and outcomes of social, economic, cultural and legal development for both men and women. The Government has further developed a National Operational Plan (NOP, 2015) to operationalize the NPGAD policy. These developments reflect the government’s commitment to promote gender equality and equity as means of achieving the goals of sustainable human development. In addition Government has developed a Gender and Development Strategy in 2015 that articulates the political, policy and legal foundations of the NPGAD policy by linking it to the provisions of the Bills of Rights, Vision 2016, the National Development Plan (NDP) 10 and the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) among other national, regional and international policy frameworks. The Gender and Development Strategy is also intended to bridge the gap between policy (i.e. the NPGAD policy) and the practice (i.e. the NPGAD-NOP) by defining in more detail operational strategies and policy interpretations that will guide stakeholders in gender mainstreaming in all corporate functions from decision making, policy, 26 | P a g e