collection in order to know the ration of birth registration in urban and rural areas disaggregated by age and sex. Moreover, the Committee recommends the State Party to fulfill its obligation of ensuring that every child is registered immediately after birth, is named, and acquired nationality by playing a pro-active role such as launching education and sensitization campaigns on birth registration to parents and community leaders: and ensuring proper coordination between the central civil registration authority and other civil registration offices across the country. To this effect, the Committee highly encourages the State Party to use, as a guideline, the Committee's General Comment on Article 6 of the African Children's Charter. Freedom of thought, concise, and Religion 23. The Committee commends the State Party for recognizing children's freedom of thought, concise, and religion under the new Constitution and for its effort to ensure the respect of the right in the case of Dzvova vs. Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture. In this regard, the Committee recommends the State Party to ensure that parents' right to determine the moral and religious upbringing of their children takes into account the evolving capacity and the best interest of the child in accordance with article 9(2) of the African Children's Charter. Freedom of Association 24. While appreciating the efforts of the State Party to guarantee children's freedom of association by supporting the Juniors Parliament, Junior Council and clubs, the Committee encourages the State Party to ensure that such rights are limited only in accordance with the applicable law. Protection of Privacy 25. The Committee applauds the State Party for prohibiting publicizing children in the juvenile justice system under the Children's Act, for establishing a multi-sectoral victim friendly system to protect the privacy of victims of abuse, and for prohibiting virginity testing and female gentile mutilation under the Domestic Violence Act. However, the Committee notes that there are instances whereby the media violates the rights of children due to lack of supervision and monitoring mechanisms and where by virginity testing and female gentile mutilation are practiced in some communities. Thus, the Committee recommends the Government of Zimbabwe to take measures against the Medias that violate children's right to privacy and to put in place monitoring mechanisms to ensure that children's right to privacy is respected and promoted. Further, the Committee urges the State Party to take all necessary measures such as creating