HRW urged Zambia to ensure that provisions on equality before the law regardless of sex , and provisions prohibiting any law , culture , custom , or tradition that undermine the dignity , welfare , interests , or status of women or men ( articles 38-40 ) , are retained in the draft constitution , under discussion . Global Rights and the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission ( GR-ILGHRC ) noted that the National AIDS Control Program fails to mention men who have sex with men and reported that there are no programs -- government-sponsored or privately-funded -- that respond to the HIV-related needs of same-sex practicing men in Zambia .