country: Djibouti
Union Nationale des Femmes de Djibouti (UNFD) œuvre pour l’autonomisation des femmes et la protection de la santé maternelle et infantile. L’UNFD travaille également à la lutte contre la pauvreté, l’analphabétisme et toutes les formes de discrimination à l’égard des femmes.
UNFD works for the empowerment of women and the protection of maternal and child health. UNFD also works to end poverty, illiteracy and all forms of discrimination against women.
The Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices affecting the Health of Women and Children (IAC) is an international and African regional umbrella body that has been working on policy programmes and actions to eliminate Harmful Traditional Practices in the African Region and worldwide.
Le Comité interafricain sur les pratiques traditionnelles affectant la santé des femmes et des enfants (IAC) est un organisme international et régional africain qui a travaillé sur des programmes et des actions politiques visant à éliminer les pratiques traditionnelles néfastes dans la région africaine et dans le monde entier.
Borne of the social justice movement, the Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA) Network is an indigenous African women’s rights organisation with a soul. Today we continue to work as an inclusive and diverse feminist women’s rights network that holds a unique position working as a regional civil society organisation in politically volatile contexts. SIHA works in a variety of cultural, political, and geographical environments in Uganda, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Eritrea, Somalia, Somaliland, Sudan and South Sudan.
Djibouti signed the Maputo Protocol in December, 2003 and ratified it in February, 2005. There has been considerable progress in Djibouti’s efforts to combat gender-basedviolence, spearheaded by the Ministry forthe Advancement of Women, Family Welfare and Social Affairs. Several policies have been targeted towards reducing GBV. One is the National Initiative for Social Development (2008-2012), this policy refers to international conventions, awareness raising campaigns against Violence Against Women (VAW) and FGM/C, and makes the existing laws stronger. The law includes sentences of up to 20 years’ imprisonment for rape but does not address spousal rape. The government did not enforce
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