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Adoption of the Multi-Sectoral Approach Framework Workshop
SOAWR Workshop on the Adoption of the Multi-Sectoral Approach Framework for the Implementation of the AU Women’s Rights Protocol and the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act
Training of Trainers on the Multi-sectoral Framework
Oxfam, UN Women and SOAWR, in collaboration with the African Union Commission, Women, Gender and Development Directorate will hold a Training of Trainers on the Multi-Sectoral Framework for Government Officials and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) on the Domestication of the African Union Protocol on the Rights of African Women (The Protocol). The training will take place in Nairobi, Kenya, from 22nd to 28th April 2012. Download Training Concept note
Play for the Union Campaign
Organised by the State of the Union coalition, the Play for the Union campaign brings together over 10,000 people from all regions of Africa together to discuss and reflect on the type of continental integration that would make a difference for their lives and what matters to them. Utilising the opportunity of the Africa Cup of Nations, the Play for the Union campaign follows and documents the life stories of 22 men and women who love football and their continent. The 22 men and women will be selected by world famous football personalities from thousands of applicants across Africa. Over the five
African Women’s Organizing For The Ratification And Implementation
The Maputo Protocol is a ground-breaking women’s rights legal instrument that expands and reinforces the rights provided in other human rights instruments. The Protocol provides a broad range of economic and social welfare rights for women. Importantly it was produced by Africans and pays attention to the concerns of African women. AWID interviewed Faiza Jama Mohamed, Director of Equality Now about the Solidarity for African Women’s Rights (SOAWR) campaign for the ratification and implementation of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights on the Rights of Women also known as the Maputo Protocol or the African Women’s Protocol
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Article 5(b): Elimination of FGM (with NAFGEM Tanzania)
Welcome to All Things Maputo Protocol – a podcast by the SOAWR Coalition. Join us in the second episode of our first series for the month of March, as we explore
Article 9: Women’s Right to Participation in the Political and Decision Making Process (with MEWC)
Welcome to All Things Maputo Protocol – a podcast by the SOAWR Coalition. Join us in our first series for the month of March, as we explore the International Women’s Day
Botswana has Ratified the Maputo Protocol!
1st December, 2023 The Republic of Botswana has ratified the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (better known as
A Memoir: Celebrating 20 Years of the Maputo Protocol
In commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (Maputo Protocol), SOAWR Member Equality