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Young
persons to be
honoured.
19. Due appreciation is to be accorded to young persons for
their contribution to nation-building.
20. Every young person has the right to educational, social,
cultural and vocational enhancement, including a right to fair
opportunity for responsible participation in national development.
Youth rights.
Equality
for women
and men.
21. (1) Women and men have equal rights and the same
legal status in all spheres of political, economic, cultural and social
life. All forms of discrimination against women and men on the basis
of their sex are prohibited.
(2) The rights of women are ensured by according to
women equal access with men to academic, vocational and
professional training, equal opportunities in employment,
remuneration and promotion; and in social, political and cultural
activity. Moral support is to be encouraged for mothers and children,
including paid leave and other benefits for mothers and expectant
mothers.
(3) Political parties are obliged to aspire to having
not less than thirty percent of the combined total number of
persons whose names are included on the Party List submitted by
a
party in accordance with section 98 of this Constitution as
women; and not less than thirty percent of that combined total as
men.
Protection of
children; and
equality for
children born
out of
wedlock.
22. (1) Children are entitled to the protection of the rights
of the child as expressed in relevant international treaties to which
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is a State Party.
Children born out of wedlock are entitled to the
same legal rights and legal status as are enjoyed by children born in
wedlock. All forms of discrimination against children on the basis of
their being born out of wedlock are prohibited.
(2)
Adherence to
regionalism
and
international
law.
23. Organs of the State and other public authorities shall
adhere to and be guided by the obligations and commitments of
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to regional integration such as
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