care of non-ethnic Swazi and it effected amendments to Certain sections of the 1982 citizenship Act. The 1982 act reads as follows: Natural born citizens, "a person born, whether before or after the commencement of this Act and in or outside Swaziland is a citizen of Swaziland, if, according to customary law, he is by birth, a member of a Swazi community subsisting within the Kingdom of Swaziland". (iv) In the new act states that natural-born citizens "A person born whether before or after the commencement of this act whether in or outside Swaziland is a citizen of Swaziland by birth, 4 he is a descendant of an ancestor who is a citizen of Swaziland". This act has put all Swazis at an equal footing. (v) WOMEN Violence against women although is of concern in other cultures, in Swaziland women have the right to charge husbands with assault under both the western and traditional legal systems. Women routinely execute contracts and enter into a variety of transactions in their own names. The Gove rnment of the Kingdom of Swaziland has committed itself extensively to various women's initiatives. The Ministry of Home Affairs coordinates Women's issues. The Government established a task force to deal with domestic gender issues, and a series of workshops have been held to promote gender sensitisation. 6