(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
(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
(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
(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
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Posted by on 26 Nov 2009 around 2pm | Permalink
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
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