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Shamwari Yemwanasikana Applauds Move to Raise Age Of Sexual Consent To 18 Years

8 months agoThu, 18 Jul 2024 13:36:10 GMT
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Shamwari Yemwanasikana Applauds Move to Raise Age Of Sexual Consent To 18 Years

Shamwari Yemwanasikana, a local non-governmental organisation that champions girls’ rights, has welcomed Parliament’s passage of the Criminal Law and Codification and Reform Amendment Bill, which raises the age of sexual consent from 16 to 18 years old.

The Bill also criminalises the deliberate infection of children with any sexually transmitted disease in addition to jailing offenders for engaging in sexual relations with minors.

The owners of lodges will also be prosecuted if they are complicit in renting rooms to someone for sexual activity with a girl under the age of 18 years.

In a statement released on Thursday, July 18, Shamwari Yemwanasikana said that if President Mnangagwa signs the proposed Bill into law, it would significantly contribute to combating the issue of child marriage, which has persisted within certain religious communities in the country. It said:

This is good news for Zimbabwe, we foresee this lawfully protecting children against abuse. Recently, we heard that over 680 girls have been impregnated between January and June 2024.

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We hope to see this law addressing this issue once it’s signed into law. It will also ensure that child rights violations that happen in churches are combated.

Once this bill is signed into law, we call on all stakeholders to raise awareness of this law, empowering children and community members so that they are protected and their children are protected from sexual abuse.

The Bill also includes a clause on how to handle cases where an accused person claims they thought a child under 18 was older, based on the child’s physical appearance.

If that situation comes up, the Prosecutor-General must provide proof showing the accused person knew the child was below the legal age of consent.

This is the current position in the courts with the lower age of consent.

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24 Comments

Mr Giants · 8 months ago
Ma NGO ndivo varikutorova manje kanozoita advocate kanzwaa...coz pavanoungana vachikurukura nevana vanenge vachito scouter twunoroveka coz ma discussions iwayo nevana anounza kamwe kainviroment kekuti vana vanoda kuita ma experiments...ikoko kune ma singuru father nemasinguru mother ...maNGOs anemorari wangu
ClD Admire kuyeri · 8 months ago
stop child abuse.
Anonymous · 8 months ago
Dei vadzisa to 13 tarova twakabatana kwete chembere dzedu, dzakurisa 25 years ini ndine 67 years chete.
mastermindbestplanner · 8 months ago
tangai mabata team rechurch yekwa marange tione kuti mutemo wenyu urikushanda here because handisati ndambonzwa akasungirwa kurora underage achinamata kwamarange but why
Ndevuzoqethu · 8 months ago
At 15 most gals would have tasted the joystick, it's just a waste of time to worry so much about their carnal activities as it is done strictly confidential, only the few unfortunate get caught. Let's be very much concerned if only they get raped. Willful indulgence shouldn't be treated as criminal.
44yrs · 8 months ago
16yrs was good after all vana vakukura zvamusiri kuona nefood iriko at 18 atove
44yrs · 8 months ago
16yrs was good after all vana vakukura zvamusiri kuona nefood iriko at 18 atove
Ziso rinoona · 8 months ago
Shamwari iyi iri pa F apo. Kungoyambuka Mharapara tichipinda mu A pane vana 2 vava nevana asi Shamwari iyi hatina kuinzwa asi nhasi yakuomberera maoko mutemo waisiri kusimudzira. Zvima NGO izvi Ibasa especially kuvaridzi kuti vaise mari muhomwe chete
fugu pfeee · 8 months ago
ko pamwana weku wedza hatina kunzwa nezve shamwari yemwanasikana.
madhunamutuna · 8 months ago
Taiti zvavakupfeka matrousers nemaskin tights zvichanetsa pakubviswa kuti vaiswe izvo ndovarikutobvisa vega kare kwaipfekwa maskirts nemadrez ange ari maopen cheque asi vanhu vaisa nhumburisana zvakadayi vamazuva ano vaithanda too much mujolo shame
𝕞𝕦𝕛𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕠 · 8 months ago
aaaaah azvishandi chunhu izvo izvezvi ed aiva kupasika kwamarange uko kune vana vanema 13years vatova mudzimba pabarika futi
Susan · 8 months ago
Ed has a record of ****ually penetrating 15 year old girls
Proudly Zimbabwean · 8 months ago
Taurai zvenyu imagine mwana achiita mwana at 9yrs ngavambosiya nyaya dzekudzidzisa yokera ku primary coz zvivana zvacho zvinobva zvada kuita experiment.l was shocked mwanawangu mukomana ari grade 5 achiuya achiti mama regai ndikuudzei zvatadzidza nhasi ndakati iwe hazvitaurwe zvikanzi tatozvidzidza isu apa when it comes to that topic tunonyatsovhura nzeve
Proudly Zimbabwean · 8 months ago
Rega uzviti 113010 indeed utori 113010 kkkkk usazoudze ama 2000 zwazvinoreva kkk
Gunz · 8 months ago
unongori mutemo zvawo, asi tarisaiwo makuriro avava kuita vana Ava muviri yavo,varikukasira kutumbuka saka havapabude apo.
113010 · 8 months ago
18yrs it's little they must raise it up to 30yrs 🤣❤️say no to sëx
Boyze · 8 months ago
..So says you the Gay 113010
Anonymous · 8 months ago
These people are not being real. ****ual activity is spurred by hormones, not reason. Girls reach puberty at 15+ . They cannot suppress the urge for ****ual a ctivity because of what the law says.
Chibaba · 8 months ago
Child marriages will never end with these mapostori for ED
dj TECH 🇿🇼 · 8 months ago
👆 ndane 3 years + ndichingonzwa kut age of consent ya18 nanhas haisat yakwidzwa aaah saka vanhu vatikusungirwa mahara pane 3 vandirikuIva vakadya ma16 17 vatorikuCollege izvezv
Kkkkkk · 8 months ago
Vanhu msadaro mogadzira mitemo kusvika rinhi muchingogadzira mitemohandiyo inoda varume pliz gadzirisai dambudziko
𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗶 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗱𝗵𝗮 · 8 months ago
ko taifunga kuti yainge iripa18 nechekare… kusvitsa zvavo pa18 but tunotanga tuchiri kuprimary chaiko

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