Generally speaking, policy plans created to address a societal problem can be adopted by any level of government (except usually the judicial branch). This happens most commonly in the legislature--either the federal or state legislatures depending on the societal problem in question. Hope I Helped!
The answer to question 1 is picketing. they were loitering which means they were just standing there and that's a crime to loiter on public sidewalks and especially in front of the white house.
It provided greater political freedom to women
The kingdom went into decline from the mid-16th century CE when the Portuguese, put off by the interference of Kongo's regulations on trade, moved their interests further south to the region of Ndongo. The latter kingdom had already defeated a Kongo army in 1556 CE.