New Law's Recognition of Civil Partnerships Stirs Controversy GlobalPress: Zimbabwe
Caroline, 21, gazes at her toddler and recollects how the monotony of the coronavirus lockdown led her into a controversial love affair. After she was laid off from work, boredom and idleness became a daily routine until the man who lived next door caught her eye. They started chatting. That chatting developed into a fling. Three months later, it was a full-blown love affair and the subject of hot gossip in her community in Eastview, a suburb east of Harare.
The debate over civil partnerships began among gender rights groups when the law was enacted last September. It took about three years for the new marriage law to be enacted. The initial bill was announced in 2019.Lawyer Miriam Tose Majome of Veritas, a nongovernmental organization that acts as a legal and parliamentary watchdog, cites a lack of understanding and many misconceptions of what the law entails.
She says people are focusing on the wrong issue. They are trying to make the Marriages Act about the effect civil partnerships could have on marriages when it's just a minor clause that doesn't affect marriage rights and married people can still sue over adultery, she says.
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