Protecting, Promoting and Enforcing Human Rights and Fundamental Freedom Thematic Working Groups (TWGS) [continued] 10.1 Children's Rights Thematic Working Group The Children's Rights TWG participated at various workshops and meetings throughout 2015 as indicated below. In June 2015 the ZHRC attended outreaches conducted by Save the Children to raise awareness of Children Rights in Chinhoyi and Kadoma. The outreaches were done in commemoration of the Day of the African Child whose theme was; “25 Years after the Adoption of the African Children's Charter: Accelerating our Collective Efforts to End Child Marriage in Africa”. As a result, the engagements emphasized the need to end child marriages in Zimbabwe. In July 2015, the Commission was invited by the Ministry of Public Service Labour and Social Welfare to attend a stakeholders' workshop on the alignment of the Children's Act to the Constitution at the Zimbabwe Institute of Public Administration and Management Complex in Darwendale, Norton. Objectives of the workshop were; to create a platform where stakeholders could deliberate and agree on the ideal law for children in Zimbabwe. During the workshop it was agreed that the Children's Act needs to be amended so as to conform to the Constitution and other human rights considerations. 10.2 Gender Equality And Women's Rights Thematic Working Group The Gender Equality and Women's Rights TWG strives for the promotion and protection of women and men in society. On the 12th of October 2015 the TWG convened its first meeting in Harare. The purpose of this meeting was to introduce the ZHRC, fully expand on the concept of thematic working groups and select TWG members for their buy in and acceptance into the TWG. The meeting identified members to be invited for the National Stakeholder Engagement Workshop as well as setting the agenda for the Workshop. The TWG convened the National Stakeholder Engagement Workshop, which deliberated on human rights issues affecting gender equality and women's rights in Zimbabwe. lt set out priorities for the TWG, recommendations and way forward for the operationalization of the TWG. The TWG in its advocacy work, published a solidarity press statement on the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence which was from the 25th of November to the 10th of December running under the theme “From Peace in the Home to Peace in the World: Make Education Safe for All”. The ZHRC urged the Government of Zimbabwe, relevant Civil Society Organisations, Communities and other players to accelerate efforts to promote, protect and enforce all rights of women and girls. It called upon the Government through the Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs to expedite the alignment of all pieces of legislation concerning women and girls so as to advance the right to education in all educational spheres and to all people in Zimbabwe. 40 Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission Annual Report 2015