Women and Law in Southern Africa: Zimbabwe Chapter
Women and Law in Southern Africa (WLSA) Zimbabwe Chapter conducts action research.
country: Zimbabwe
Cape Verde
Cape Verde has not signed the Maputo Protocol, but ratified it on June, 2005. 2010 amendmentsArt 70: “The State shall ensure specifically the creation of conditions for universal access of citizens to social security”Art 71: “In order to guarantee the right to health, the State shall be specifically responsible for creating the conditions for the universal access of citizens to health care” 2015: Plano Nacional de Igualdade de Género 2015-18 (8 strategic areas: health, sexual &reproductive rights, GBV, education, economic autonomy, household labour, political participation, gender integration in public policy) 2017: As for pregnant student’s access and stay in the
Central African Republic
The Central African Republic (CAR) signed the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (The Maputo Protocol) on the 17th of June 2008 but it has not ratified it. Considered as one of the least developed countries in the world, The Central African Republic, which used to be the French colony of Ubangi-Shari before it became independent in 1960. However, since its independence, Due to rebellions, mutinies, and spillover violence from neighbouring countries, the CAR has been an unstable country in permanent crisis. Due to the instability of the country,
GIRL CHILD NETWORK
Girl Child Network (GCN) is a Network of over 300 organizations working to improve the status of children in Zimbabwe with special emphasis on the education of the girl child. GCN came into being, primarily to mainstream children activities with a focus on the girl child in the development sector through advocacy, information sharing and strengthening of children programming in Zimbabwe .
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Sources of Peace for Women and Youth Rights holds a Symposium on the Maputo Protocol
SOAWR Member organisation, Sources of Peace Organisation (SPO) for Women and Youth Rights held a national symposium on the Maputo Protocol in Tripoli in November, 2022 with key delegates. Read
SOAWR Steering Committee Meeting – Key Commitments
From the 22nd-24th of November 2022, SOAWR’s Steering Committee members met in Mombasa, Kenya, to take stock of the SOAWR Strategic Plan (2019-2024) and its implementation. Following dynamic reflections on
SOAWR Conducts Maputo Protocol Ratification Missions to Egypt and Morocco
In October and November 2022, the Solidarity for African Women Rights Coalition (SOAWR) in partnership with various actors including the African Union Commission’s Women, Gender and Youth Directorate (AUC-WGYD) conducted
SOAWR Statement to the 73rd Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
In November 2022, on behalf of the SOAWR Coalition, member organisation Alliances for Africa (observer status number 235) submitted a statement to the 73rd Ordinary Session of the African Commission