Resources from SOAWR

Planning Meeting on 2011 Priorities on Women Peace and Security

Planning Meeting on 2011 Priorities on Women Peace and Security and the 2nd African Union's Peace and Security Council Open Session on Women Children and Conflict in Africa

Organised by Oxfam Panafrica Programme
Gender Justice Pillar
March 9-10, 2011, Silver Springs Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya

The purpose of this meeting was to discuss areas of engagement and future strategies for dealing with the African Union’s Peace and Security Council (AU PSC) on matters of women, peace and security in 2011 and to prepare for the Open Session with the AU PSC scheduled for 28th March.
The AU PSC is a critical organ of the AU and has a critical role to play in ensuring women’s protection in situations of conflict and their full participation in peace processes and postconflict reconstruction. In that regard, the meeting drew an extensive and experienced group of women and men participants from across the continent working in the field of peace and security.

Download this file

Posted by on 19 May 2011 around 11am | Filed under:

FEMNET Report from the 5th Session of the Conference of African Union Ministers of Health (CAMH5)

Windhoek, Namibia, 17-20 April 2011
At the invitation of the AU Department of Social Affairs, FEMNET attended the CAMH5 Experts Meeting in Windhoek, Namibia.
The theme of the conference was “The impact of climate change on health and development in Africa,” however the bulk of the experts meeting focused on the five-year review of scaling up towards Universal Access to HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, care and support (part of
the Abuja Call of 2006), the tenth anniversary of the Abuja Declaration on healthcare financing, and maternal and child health issues including implementation of the Campaign on Accelerated Reduction of Maternal Mortality in Africa (CARMMA).
FEMNET also used the opportunity to showcase the photo exhibition from the East African Caravan on Maternal Health (2010) and lobby experts on gender equality issues pertaining to the right to sexual and reproductive health.

Download this file

Posted by on 12 May 2011 around 11am | Filed under:

Stakeholders meeting on domestication and implementation of the AU protocol on the rights of women

Report of the 2nd Stakeholders Meeting on Domestication and Implementation of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa
Nairobi, Kenya, 5-7 April 2011
Organised by the United Nations Entity for Gender and Equality and the Empowerment of Women, Oxfam International and the Solidarity for African Women’s Rights Coalition, in partnership with the African Union Commission, Women, Gender and Development Directorate, and the Office of the
Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women in Africa, participants included senior government officials and civil society organisations from sixteen African Union States that have ratified the Protocol. The meeting discussed the progress made in implementing the Protocol, the tools used, and the challenges that member states are facing. The meeting also explored the contributions of civil society organisations and partnership with government and the African Union Commission in promoting women’s rights in Africa.

Download this file

Posted by on 12 May 2011 around 11am | Filed under:

Policy Brief on the Status of the Girl Child in East Africa

All East African member states are committed, via their espousal of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, Education for All (EFA) and the Millennium Development Goals, to promote the wellbeing and development of the girl child. This policy brief examines the status of the girl child in East Africa, the progress made in protecting their rights, challenges facing girls and their causes and makes recommendations for accelerating progress.

Download this file

Posted by on 18 Nov 2010 around 6pm | Filed under:

Appel à l’action aux ministres de la santé africains

La Commission de l’Union africaine a tenu une réunion d’Experts en matière de santé maternelle et infantile en Afrique du 19 au 21 avril  2010 à Addis Abéba en Éthiopie. Le thème de la réunion était “: Réaliser les OMD par l’accélération de la réduction de la mortalité maternelle, néonatale et infantile en Afrique.”

Download this file

Posted by on 24 May 2010 around 10am | Filed under:

Trêve d’engagements, dorénavant il faut passer aux actes !

Communiqué de la Consultation des experts de la société civile en matière de la santé maternelle et infantile et la santé sexuelle et de procréation en Afrique du 17 au 18 avril 2010 a Addis Abeba , Ethiopie.

Download this file

Posted by on 26 Apr 2010 around 6am | Filed under:

Time for Commitment is Over, Time For Action Now!

Communiqué of the Civil Society Experts Consultation on Maternal, Child and Infant Health and Sexual and Reproductive Health in Africa,
April 17-18, 2010, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Download this file

Posted by on 26 Apr 2010 around 6am | Filed under:

Report from the AU Summit

Read the Report on the Participation of SOAWR Coalition in the Activities of the 14th Ordinary Summit of the African Union Assembly, Addis Ababa, January 2010.

Download this file

Posted by on 23 Feb 2010 around 1pm | Filed under:

Bridging the digital gender divide in Africa

A Policy Brief for the Summit of the African Union, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - January 2010

African Heads of States and Governments gather in Addis Ababa for the 14th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union at a time when the continent faces a huge digital divide. African women are disproportionately affected by this divide.

The Summit’s theme “Information and Communication Technologies in Africa: Challenges and Prospects for Development” is therefore quite pertinent. However, deliberations on the theme without explicit focus on women’s access to these technologies will overlook a critical aspect of Africa’s development.

Download this file

Posted by on 04 Feb 2010 around 3pm | Filed under:

Stakeholders meeting on domestication and implementation of the AU protocol on the rights of women

Report of the Stakeholders Meeting on Domestication and Implementation of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa: East, West and Central Africa

16 - 18 July 2009, Kigali, Rwanda

The African Union Commission’s Women, Gender and Development Directorate, in collaboration with Solidarity for African Women’s Rights
Coalition and the United Nations Development Fund for Women, organised a stakeholders’ meeting on domestication and implementation of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the rights of Women in Africa. Participants included senior governmental officials and civil society organizations from fourteen African Union member states that have ratified the Protocol. The meeting discussed the progress made in implementing the Protocol, the tools used, and the challenges that member states are facing.

Download this file

Posted by on 04 Feb 2010 around 2pm | Filed under:

The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women

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.
VAWnet's eNewsletter provides monthly updates on new resources available online. View highlights and download issues in pdf format at http://new.vawnet.org/category/index_pages?category_id=726

Posted by on 26 Nov 2009 around 2pm | Filed under: Violence against women

Femnet’s bi-lingual e-bulletin, August 2007

The latest news from the African Women's Development and Communication Network.

Download this file

Posted by on 09 Sep 2008 around 2pm | Filed under: Education