Zimbabwe Constitutional Court raises age of sexual consent

The lawyer in this case is also an opposition party leader. He described the ruling as a victory for vulnerable girls.

Lawyer Tendai Biti said,"eventually, with the support of friends here and overseas that is, Georgetown University, VERITAS we brought this court application which fortunately the court has held that the age of sexual consent is now 18." "But it will not stop child abuse but it will mitigate, just like the laws against murder don't protect people being killed, but at least they offer a deterrents. So we hope the government can come up with comprehensive children protection law to protect children, particularly the girl child because these are precious people in community.

"If you are caught we are going to deal with you, you are going to be arrested and we will take you to court. That is our language as activists." Activists in Zimbabwe have always argued that the 16-year age for consent was too young and it allowed for the exploitation of young girls.

And here we have mothers that are 10 years old and it's ok...

Why would it be 16yrs before self? Zimbabwe una too like sex

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And children are not only children because of age but also affected or influenced by their biology.

It should go hand in hand with science of when does the human brain fully develop to be able to make free, conscious and objective decisions to make choices. The prefrontal cortex fully develops at the age of 25+...

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