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c)
Facilitate youth organisations to liaise and collaborate
with the African youth Diaspora;
d)
Establish structures that encourage and assist the
youth in the Diaspora to return to and fully re-integrate
into the social and economic life in Africa;
e)
Promote and protect the rights of young people living
in the Diaspora;
f)
Encourage young people in the Diaspora to engage
themselves in development activities in their country
of origin.
Article 22: Leisure, Recreation, Sportive and
Cultural Activities
1.
Young people shall have the right to rest and leisure and
to engage in play and recreational activities that are
part of a health lifestyle as well as to participate freely
in sport, physical education drama, the arts, music and
other forms of cultural life. In this regard, States Parties
shall:
a)
Make provision for equal access for young men and
young women to sport, physical education, cultural,
artistic, recreational and leisure activities;
b)
Put in place adequate infrastructure and services in
rural and urban areas for youth to participate in sport,
physical education, cultural, artistic, recreational and
leisure activities.