The New Generation Girls & Women Development Initiative (NIGAWD)
The New Generation Girls and Women Development Initiative (NIGAWD) is a young woman-led non-governmental, not-for-profit organisation based in Nigeria established in 2012.
issue: Protection of women from violence
Her Voice Liberia
Her Voice Liberia is a non-profit organisation dedicated to ensuring access to justice for marginalised and vulnerable women and children. The organisation has more than seven years of work in human rights law and access to justice for women and children. HVL operates the only Legal Aid Mobile Clinic in Liberia, that has been providing free legal services in hard to reach communities in rural Liberia, to vulnerable women and children as part of the efforts to increase access to justice for girls as well combat Sexual Gender Based Violence (SGBV). HVL operates and has a strong presence in more than seven counties in Liberia: Rivercess,
Women Lead Movement: Madagascar Chapter
WLM promote and advocate for gender equality as well as an active and participatory citizenry, which are both pivotal for the achievement of good governance, sustainable development, social justice and transformation.
Why the Maputo Protocol Benefits Everyone: #MaputoProtocolAt19
One of the world’s most comprehensive and progressive women’s human rights instruments, the Protocol to the African Charter on the Rights of Women in Africa (the Maputo Protocol) was adopted by Heads of State and Government in Maputo, Mozambique, on 11 July 2003. To commemorate the 19th Anniversary of the Maputo Protocol, the SOAWR Coalition is celebrating 19 reasons why the Protocol benefits the diversity of African women and girls, their lived realities, communities and governments. Go to: 1. African Union Member States Whilst the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights provides a foundational framework for domesticating human rights
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The Central African Republic has officially ratified the Maputo Protocol!
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.
#MaputoAt22: Our Rights Are Non-Negotiable
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
SOAWR’s Statement – ACHPR 83rd Ordinary Session
Read the full statement On the 10th of May 2025, SOAWR presented its statement to the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) 83rd Ordinary Session, via member organisation
SOAWR has partnered with UN Women to #ACTtoEndViolence Against Women
Exciting news! We’re pleased to announce that SOAWR has with UN Women handle under the #ACTtoEndViolence Against Women programme. ACT is a new game-changing commitment between the European Commission and