
PEOPLE OPPOSING WOMEN’S ABUSE (POWA)
People Opposing Women Abuse (POWA) is a South African organisation working towards the elimination of violence against women and children through frontline services, lobbying, advocacy and research.
issue: Protection of women from violence

People Opposing Women Abuse (POWA) is a South African organisation working towards the elimination of violence against women and children through frontline services, lobbying, advocacy and research.

The Oxfam Pan Africa Programme (PAP) works with African citizens through their formations so as to achieve their aspirations for justice, equality, sustainable development and stability through improving the implementation of continental mechanisms and commitments. One of the thematic work of the PAP is Gender Justice and through this we seek to advance women’s rights by strengthening women’s capacity to collectively demand for their rights as enshrined in the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (the Maputo Protocol)(2003) and ensuring effective gender mainstreaming in all of the Oxfam’s work.

The NGO Gender Coordination Network (NGO GCN) is a network that exists to promote gender equality and equity in Malawi through co-ordination, lobbying, advocacy, information sharing and capacity building of its members. Its thematic areas are: Women in Politics & Decision Making, Gender Related Laws, GBV, Child Rights and Agriculture & Economic Empowerment for Women.

The Network Against Female Genital Mutilation (NAFGEM) is a non-governmental organization registered in Tanzania with 110 individual members. Since its inception in late 1998, NAFGEM has worked to eliminate of harmful traditional practices affecting girls and women, including Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), child marriage and other types of gender based violence.
This statement by Alliances for Africa (Observer Status Number 235) on behalf of the SOAWR Coalition was prepared in Abuja, Nigeria, on 30th September 2025 and read at the 85th
RAPPORT PARALLELE COMBINÉ (10e au 18e , 2006- 2024) AU RAPPORT PÉRIODIQUE DE L’ÉTAT TUNISIEN SUR L’ÉTAT DE MISE EN ŒUVRE DU PROTOCOLE À LA CHARTE AFRICAINE DES DROITS DE
Following the SOAWR Coalition’s ratification and advocacy mission on the 25th of June 2025, the Government of the Central African Republic (CAR) deposited the instrument of ratification for the Maputo Protocol on the 29th of July 2025, making CAR the 46th African Union member state to do so.
Today, on 11 July 2025, we mark 22 years since the adoption of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in