16 3. • AFRICAN YOUTH CHARTER States Parties shall ensure that youth are not arbitrarily deprived of their property including inherited property. Article 10: Development 1. Every young person shall have the right to social, economic, political and cultural development with due regard to their freedom and identity and in equal enjoyment of the common heritage of mankind. 2. States Parties shall encourage youth organizations to lead youth programmes and to ensure the exercise of the right to development. 3. States Parties shall: a) Encourage the media to disseminate information that will be of economic, political, social and cultural benefit to youth; b) Promote the development of youth media for the dissemination of information to young people; c) Encourage international co-operation in the production, exchange and dissemination of information from both national and international sources that are of economic, social and cultural value to youth; d) Provide access to information and education and training for young people to learn their rights and responsibilities, to be schooled in democratic