Beijing +15 Reports
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.
issue: Economic, social and cultural rights
Women, water and sanitation
What should African leaders take into account when thinking about how to meet these goals and those of The African Union Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa?
Second Anniversary of the Maputo Protocol: Challenges ahead
What gains and what challenges do we have two years after the entry into force of the Protocol? This is the overall question that the various articles presented in this special issue of Pambazuka aim at addressing. What clearly emerges is that the challenges outweigh the gains made so far.
Maputo Protocol: from ratification to the realisation of African women’s human rights
The conference seeks to chart out the next steps for the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women. With 13 countries having ratified the Protocol, attention needs to shift from a focus on campaigning for ratification to strategies for domestication and implementation for rights realisation by African women and girls.
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