Late in the year under review the LRF managed to organise a dialogue meeting with 19 parliamentarians to discuss the SADC model law on child marriages now in place and push for Zimbabwe to pass a law to end child marriage. The policy makers indicated that they were in full support of the alignment of all children’s laws to the Constitution as critical in protecting children’s rights and were actively lobbying parliamentarians. The MPs highlighted that the law alone was not enough to deal with the scourge of child marriage; there was a need for budget support for the welfare system and also opportunities to learn from other SADC countries. Radio / Television (2) The LRF made good progress during the year in accessing the media, particularly the radio, both commercial and community; 47 radio programmes and four television programmes were recorded and broadcast. These programmes not only helped to profile the organisation but the information disseminated was beneficial to a wider audience, reaching a variety of target groups, some of which do not get opportunities to attend LRF legal educations sessions. Examples of topics covered included women and children’s rights; human rights and freedoms; the effects of gender-based violence on the girl child; the effects of increased school dropouts by the girl child and the need to increase support to keep her in school; and the effects of child marriages, calling for them to be outlawed. LRF Harare recorded a series of radio programmes with Sport FM (SFM) as main guests on the programme ‘Legally Speaking’. One programme on the different types of marriage and the relevant constitutional provisions provoked someone to phone in advocating for unregistered customary law unions to have the same legal recognition and protection as civil marriages, stating that it was unfair for the law to discriminate. The LRF also appeared on ‘The Hot Seat’, aired live on SFM, when callers had the opportunity to ask questions on human trafficking. Star FM broadcast live for two hours on 7th April 2016 featuring the LRF’s programme in Epworth to educate people on the implications of child marriages in light of the recent judgment banning marriage before the age of 18. Radio programmes on privacy of communication in response to a landmark ruling by the High Court in which the judge emphasised the right to privacy even in marriages generated a lot of debate, as some people, particularly Christians, castigated the ruling arguing that it was unbiblical. 36