3.
States Parties shall enact and adopt appropriate legislative and other
measures to ensure that where spouses separate, divorce or have their
marriage annulled:
(a)
they shall have reciprocal rights and duties towards their
children with the best interests of the children always
being paramount; and
(b)
they shall, subject to the choice of any marriage regime
or marriage contract, have equitable share of property
acquired during their relationship.
4.
States Parties shall put in place legislative and other measures to
ensure that parents honour their duty of care towards their children,
and maintenance orders are enforced.
5.
States Parties shall put in place legislative provisions which ensure that
married women and men have the right to choose whether to retain
their nationality or acquire their spouse's nationality.
ARTICLE 9
PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
States Parties shall, in accordance with the SADC Protocol on Health and
other regional and international instruments relating to the protection and
welfare of people with disabilities to which Member States are party, adopt
legislation and related measures to protect persons with disabilities that take
into account their particular vulnerabilities.
ARTICLE 10
WIDOWS' AND WIDOWERS' RIGHTS
1.
States Parties shall enact and enforce legislation to ensure that:
(a)
widows are not subjected to inhuman, humiliating or degrading
treatment;
(b)
a widow automatically becomes the guardian and custodian of
her children when her husband dies, unless otherwise
determined by a competent court of law;
(c)
a widow shall have the right to continue to live in the matrimonial
house after her husband's death;
(d)
a widow shall have access to employment and other
opportunities to enable her to make a meaningful contribution to
society;
(e)
a widow shall have the right to an equitable share in the
inheritance of the property of her husband;