THE KINGDOM OF LESOTHO COMBINED SECOND TO EIGHTH PERIODIC REPORT UNDER THE AFRICAN CHARTER ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES’ RIGHTS AND INITIAL REPORT UNDER THE PROTOCOL TO THE AFRICAN CHARTER ON THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN IN AFRICA disability. Therefore people with disability are also protected from discrimination on the basis of their disability. 205. Section 33 of the Constitution enjoins the government to put in place measures aimed at protection and promotion of the rights of persons with disabilities as well as their rehabilitation. 206. With regard to protection of children, section 32 of the Constitution provides that children and young persons are protected from economic and social exploitation. It provides that the employment of children and young persons in work harmful to their morals or health or dangerous to life or likely to hamper their normal development is punishable by law. Legislative measures 207. As far as the family unit is concerned, the Marriage Act of 1974 provides for registration and recognition of heterosexual marriages. No law in Lesotho recognises homosexual unions as marriages. Therefore all laws protecting the family in Lesotho refer to a family in the context of heterosexual couples. In terms of Sesotho customary law and culture, a family also includes the extended family. In terms of the Legal Capacity of Married Persons Act and the Children’s Protection and Welfare Act of 2011, the family also includes adopted children. 208. Specific aspects of the types of marriage and their legal regimes are contained in Part B of this report. 85