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higher and tertiary education.
(2) The State must take measures to ensure that girls are afforded the same
opportunities as boys to obtain education at all levels.
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Shelter
The State and all institutions and agencies of government at every level l1lusttake
reasonable legislative and other measures, within the limits of the resources available
to them, to enable every person to have access to adequate shelter.
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Health services
(1) The State must wke all practical measures to ensure the provision of basic.
accessible and adequate health services throughout Zimbabwe.
(2) The State must take appropriate, fair and reasonable measures to ensure
that no person is refused emergency medical treatment at any health institution.
(3) The State must take all preventive measures within the limits of the resources
available to it. including education and puhlic awareness programmes, against the
spread of disease.
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Social welfare
The State must take all practical measures, within the limits of the resources
available to it. to provide social security and social care to those who are in need.
31
Legal aid
The State must take all practical measures. within the limits of the resources
available to it. to provide legal representation in civil and criminal cases for people
who need it and are unable to afford legal practitioners 0[' their choice.
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Sporting and recreational facilities
The State must take all practical measures to encourage sporting and recreational
activities, including the provision of sporting and recreational facilities for all people.
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Preservation of traditional knowledge
The State must take measures to preserve, protect and promote indigenous knowledge systems, including knowledge of the medicinal and other properties of animal
and plant life possessed by local communities and people.
34
Domestication of international instruments
The State must ensure that all international conventions, treaties and agreements
to which Zimbabwe is a party are incorporated into domestic law.
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Zimbabwean citizenship
( 1) Persons are Zimbabwean citizens by birth, descent or registration.
(2) All Zimbabwean citizens are equally entitled to the rights, privileges and
hcncfit-; of citilcllship and arc equally suhjcctto thc duties aud ohligations of citizenship
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