World Program for Human Rights Educ ation, whic h inc ludes information relating all the rights of
minority women and girls
I want to draw attention to a partic ular obstac le fac ed by both minorities and majority groups in
Zimbabwe; there is lac k of adequate knowledge about rights and freedoms, this is as a result of
the government hesitation to provide human rights educ ation to the c ommunities.
We ac knowledge the strides made by our government in ratifying treaties suc h as Convention
on Elimination of all forms of Disc rimination against Women (CEDAW) among other instruments at
international, regional and sub regional level.
The government has, through Constitutional Amendment No 19 of 2009 established the
Zimbabwean Human rights Commission in order to enhanc e the protec tion and promotion of
human rights and the Commission is yet to do their job as it awaits the enac tment of the
relevant laws whic h is still under debate.
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However, the government has not yet put attention on human rights educ ation to both minority
and majority groups, noting that the knowledge on human rights is important to be shared,
disseminated and expounded as stated by the Universal Dec laration of Human Rights, we
therefore suggest the following rec ommendations in line with agenda item 5-7-3
Zimbabwe government should take measures to ensure that human rights education is mainstreamed in
schools, colleges, security sector and communities including information relating to the rights of minority
women and girls.