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Mr Livingstone Dzikira told The Herald last Friday that President Mugabe would launch the policy at the Harare International Conference Centre.
“We are happy about the launch of the revised National Youth Policy. The policy will ensure that young people are represented properly and that their needs are met,” he said.
He said the launch of the policy demonstrated the government’s commitment to empowering and addressing challenges facing the youth in the country.
The National Youth Policy represents a declaration of the priority areas for addressing youth issues and outlines strategic interventions that the Government intends to provide for the development of young women and men.
Furthermore, the policy provides a framework for the involvement of different organisations and sectors in supporting the development of young people in Zimbabwe.
The policy seeks to empower the youth in a comprehensive, co-ordinated multi-sectoral manner by creating an enabling environment and marshalling resources necessary for undertaking programmes to fully develop their potential and quality of life.
The National Youth Policy, among other issues, reserves and ensures that government approves a 25 percent quota of all economic indigenisation and empowerment facilities in agriculture, mining, commercial, tourism, and industrial economic activity for youth.
It also pays particular attention to the empowerment of young people with disabilities.
The National Youth Policy was approved by cabinet in June last year.
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