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Youth in churches' demands on the new constitution
Practical Empowerment & Networking Youth Association (PENYA) Trust
July 06, 2010

• Acknowledgement of God's supremacy in the Constitution
• Declaration of Zimbabwe as a Christian nation
• We have a vision of a Zimbabwe that has peaceful habitations, that is prosperous and creates equal opportunities for everyone
• The morals and values of Zimbabwe be guided by the Bible and the cultural practices upholding unhu/ubuntu.
• The Holy Bible be used in all public and official proceedings and an opening be made at such occasions and at school assemblies
• All youth rights in the African Youth Chatter to be guaranteed in the Constitution
• 50% representation in all processes, structures and resource allocations at local, regional and national level
• The right to education and health be enshrined in the Constitution.
• Dual citizenship be allowed
• Devolution of power.
  Transparency, honesty and integrity
• Sexual Reproductive Health services and information
• Equitable access to land and other means of economy
• Apolitical, impartial and transparent implementation of empowerment policies
• No to Homosexuality
• No to Abortion
• Autonomy of tertiary institutions
• Age of sexual consent be raised from 16 (sixteen) to 18 (eighteen) years.
• Criminalisation of marriages to girls under 18 (eighteen) years of age.

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