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: Sexual harassment
NAFGEM TANZANIA
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.
FORUM MULHER
Forum Mulher é um Fórum da Rede Mulher que trabalha pelos direitos das mulheres moçambicanas. O Forum Mulher trata de questões de género e desenvolvimento, advocacia e lobbying, assim como trabalho de educação e informação. O Forum Mulher tem o seu escritório principal em Maputo.
Forum Mulher (Women’s Forum) is a Women’s Network Forum that works for the rights of Mozambican women. Forum Mulher deals with gender and development issues, advocacy and lobbying, as well as education and information work. Forum Mulher has its main office in Maputo.
EQUALITY NOW – AFRICA REGIONAL OFFICE
Founded in 1992, Equality Now is an organization that advocates for the human rights of women and girls around the world by raising international visibility of individual cases of abuse, mobilizing public support through our global membership, and wielding strategic political pressure to ensure that governments enact or enforce laws and policies that uphold the rights of women and girls.
Fondée en 1992, Equality Now est une organisation qui défend les droits humains des femmes et des filles dans le monde entier en augmentant la visibilité internationale des cas individuels d’abus, en mobilisant le soutien du public par le biais de nos membres dans le monde entier, et en exerçant une pression politique stratégique pour s’assurer que les gouvernements adoptent ou appliquent des lois et des politiques qui défendent les droits des femmes et des filles.
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SOAWR’s Statement at the 87th Ordinary Session of the ACHPR
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SOAWR at CSW70
We are delighted to invite you to join the SOAWR Coalition and our member organisations at the 70th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70) in New