On March 6, 2020, the Education Amendment Act entered into force, guaranteeing a better access to education, notably for girls and children with disabilities, as well as prohibiting corporal punishments in Zimbabwe.
The Amendment complies with some of the urging recommendations made by the Committee on the Rights of the Child in its 2016 concluding observations, and the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women in its 2020 concluding observations.
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