38 - The following are measures that can be taken under Article 37 of the present Act (a) Passing legislation or conducting programmes or activities in order to achieve one of the following objectives; (1) Creating a conducive environment for women to attain equality in results. (2) Taking steps, to review the distribution of power and resources amongst men and women, or to expedite the establishment of genuine equality, with the objective of solving the issue of the low participation of women at different levels of the political arena. (3) Taking steps for the improvement of the situation of persons who: suffer from being disadvantaged for more than a single reason; are victims of gender based discrimination; or are disadvantaged. (b) Providing special protections to a particular gender, under the situations defined in part (a) of Article 9 of the present Act, to establish genuine equality, for the purpose of the present Act. (c) Providing special protections to women to safeguard them from gender-based violence against women and girls as defined in Article 14 of the present Act.

CEDAW Article 3 - Article 3 States Parties shall take in all fields, in particular in the political, social, economic and cultural fields, all appropriate measures, including legislation, to en sure the full development and advancement of women , for the purpose of guaranteeing them the exercise and enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms on a basis of equality with men.