International Legal Framework 1.4 Zimbabwe is a State Party to a number of international conventions and treaties that provide for gender equality. These include the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) which it ratified in 1991; the Convention on Civil and Political Rights (CCPR); the Equal Remuneration Convention; the Convention on Prohibition of Discrimination in Occupations, Convention on the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour; and the Convention on Economic, and Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR). Zimbabwe also adheres to the Beijing Declaration and its Platform for Action (1995). Regional Legal Framework 1.5 At regional level, Zimbabwe has ratified a number of instruments specifically targeting the elimination of gender discrimination and the promotion of gender equality. 1.6 In 2008, Zimbabwe ratified the Protocol to the 2003 African Charter on Human and People’s Rights on the Rights of Women. In 2009 Zimbabwe ratified the SADC Protocol on Gender and Development which was adopted by SADC in that same year. The SADC Protocol was revised in 2016 to align it to the Sustainable Development Goals and AU Agenda 2063. The Revised protocol advocates for gender equality in all sectors and sets out substantive targets for achieving gender equality by 2020. Zimbabwe also adheres to the 2004 Solemn Declaration on Gender and Equality in Africa. Page | 71