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    "content": "I am happy that even as I am moving this Gender Bill, I have the pleasure of also addressing Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. I recognize that gender has moved from male gender to female gender. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, one of the reasons that we have had to support a separate Gender Commission as opposed to the Human Rights Commission is because--- I had occasion as part of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, the Constitutional Implementation Oversight Committee (CIOC) and the Committee on Equal Opportunities to see examples in many countries. Even before I came to this House, I had examples from many countries; the UK, Sweden, Denmark and many Scandinavian countries. The trend is to move towards one big sommission or one big ombudsman office. However, even before I can make my decision because I know that there was a lot of lobbying whether to have one commission or both, one of the things you can see is that those countries have had a long history of testing with issues of human rights and other specific rights of children, women and persons with disabilities. For many years they had specific Commissions or Ombudspersons that were dealing specifically with those issues. After their countries have reached fairly comfortable levels, they have said that they can now put it together. Indeed, in one country – I think in Denmark – the Gender Ministry at one point was even situated in the Ministry of Roads, because they have realized their gender. We were in Denmark with my Chair who is here. They have even put it in very many Ministries including the Ministry of Agriculture. This is because it has to just get a parent Ministry to make sure it does not disappear, but largely, the issues that are of concern are being addressed. I am not saying that they do not have problems. They are there but they are not of the magnitude we have."
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