An estimated 536 000 maternal deaths occurred worldwide in 2005. Slightly more than half - 270 000 - of these preventable and unnecessary deaths occurred in the sub-Saharan Africa region alone.
Posted by on 19 Jul 2010 around 3pm | Permalink | Filed under:
(Wambui E. Karanja)-- Mozambican women celebrate a new law that protects them from violence-- On 11 July 2003, the heads of State and government of the African Union (AU) adopted the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa.
Posted by on 19 Feb 2010 around 5pm | Permalink | Filed under:
(Mary Robinson blogs on her recent visit to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)-- African women are on the move in an extraordinary way, and are determined to make their voices heard and their influence count – particularly on issues of peace and security.
Posted by on 10 Feb 2010 around 1pm | Permalink | Filed under:
(SOAWR)--The African Women’s Development and Communication Network (FEMNET), a pan-African network working to promote women's human rights in Africa launched, on 24/10/2010, a book on the freedom of information (FOI) and women’s rights in Africa at the third and final day of the African Union (AU) pre-summit on gender in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Posted by on 26 Jan 2010 around 11am | Permalink | Filed under:
(SOAWR)-- Greater women empowerment, training on gender issues, reform of legal systems and a sanction imposition are some of the strategies the Africa Union (AU) should adopt in 2010: the Year for Peace, according to gender experts meeting ahead of the AU summit.
Posted by on 24 Jan 2010 around 1pm | Permalink | Filed under: Violence against women
(SOAWR)--In 2003, the Africa Union (AU) adopted the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa. Today, only 27 countries have ratified. It is only Rwanda, to the best of my knowledge, that has done a comprehensive review of its laws to [to make them compatible with the AU women’s protocol. There is renewed push to ratify as more women continue suffering from acts of violence in peaceful countries and those in conflicts.
Posted by on 24 Jan 2010 around 1pm | Permalink | Filed under: Violence against women
(SOAWR)-- Report findings from 18 African countries out of the 53, indicate that only 34 per cent of the member states have honoured the commitment of subsequent reporting on progress made in implementing the Solemn Declaration on Gender Equality in Africa (SDGEA) as required under article12. The report also indicates that although there has been progress made in institutionalising gender in government ministries, there is still lack of sufficient information on key programme executed.
Posted by on 24 Jan 2010 around 1pm | Permalink | Filed under: Violence against women
(SOAWR)-- The third African Union (AU) pre-summit on gender begun this Friday 22/01/2010 at the headquarters of the AU Commission in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The pre-summit will have two segments. The first will cover peace and security particularly building participants’ capacity on United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1325, 1820, 1888 and 1889. The second segment of the pre-summit will address the theme of the summit: ‘Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in Africa: Challenges and Prospects for Development’.
Posted by on 23 Jan 2010 around 8am | Permalink | Filed under: Violence against women
Participation of African women in The 8th Africa Regional Conference on Women (Beijing +15) and The Meeting of African Union Ministers Responsible for Women Affairs and Gender
Banjul, The Gambia, November 13-21, 2009
The year 2010 will mark 15 years since the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (BPfA). This is an opportunity for women in Africa to examine their respective government’s efforts at implementing the BPfA since the last review in 2004, and hold them accountable for commitments they made to women’s human rights. Women’s organisations will also be able to intensify efforts to ensure that the targets and goals set in the BPfA are achieved, especially as part of the realisation of the Millennium Development Goals by 2015.
Posted by on 09 Dec 2009 around 4pm | Permalink | Filed under:
VAWnet is an online resource for advocates working to end domestic violence, sexual assault, and other violence in the lives of women and their children.
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Posted by on 26 Nov 2009 around 2pm | Permalink | Filed under: Violence against women
Read SOAWR's policy briefing 'How States can deliver on the AU Declaration for an African Women’s Decade 2010-2020' for African delegations attending the AU Ministerial Conference of Gender Ministers and the 8th African Regional Conference on Women to review 15 years of the Beijing Platform of Action, The Gambia, November 2009.
Posted by on 10 Nov 2009 around 4pm | Permalink | Filed under:
Equality Now and Solidarity for African Women's Rights (SOAWR) Coalition convened a meeting on 'Global Efforts to Eradicate Violence and Discrimination against Women and Girls: A Discussion on Approaches to Combat Sex Trafficking, legally Upholding the Rights of Adolescent Girls and Domesticate the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa' in Nairobi, Kenya from 10 to 11 September 2009.
Posted by on 05 Nov 2009 around 2pm | Permalink | Filed under: Violence against women
(SOAWR)-- SOAWR members, in a lobbying mission in Uganda, celebrate after the announcement of the upcoming ratification of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa.
Posted by on 14 Oct 2009 around 10am | Permalink | Filed under:
Read the FEMNET Report On Participation of the SOAWR Coalition in the Pre-Summit Activities of the 13th Ordinary Summit of the African Union Assembly.
Posted by on 10 Sep 2009 around 3pm | Permalink | Filed under:
SOAWR in collaboration with the AU Women, Gender and development Directorate and UNIFEM have concluded in Kigali, Rwanda a stakeholders' meeting on the implementation of the AU Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa.
Posted by on 17 Aug 2009 around 3pm | Permalink | Filed under:
The Solidarity for African Women's Rights (SOAWR) coalition through its members participated in the 11th AWID International Forum on Women's Rights and Development held on 14-17 November 2008 in Cape Town, South Africa.
Posted by on 26 Nov 2008 around 3pm | Permalink | Filed under:
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