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Calling on African Governments to Innovate for Girls’ Education
The Solidarity for African Women’s Rights Coalition (SOAWR) joins the global community in celebrating this year’s International Day of the Girl Child under the theme “Innovating for Girls Education.”
Implementing the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa
This report is a joint initiative between the Lawyers’ Circle and Oxfam. It analyses the implementation of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, better known as the Maputo Protocol in Kenya. The Maputo Protocol guarantees comprehensive rights to women.
SOAWR Engagement AU 18th Ordinary Session
In January 2012, African governments met in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for the 20th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council and 18th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU), under the theme “Boosting Intra-African Trade”.
SOAWR Coalition Review and Agenda Setting Meeting
SOAWR convened an annual review and agenda setting workshop in order to develop a critique of, reflection on and analysis of SOAWR activities for the past year by SOAWR Coalition members, and provide a forum through which Coalition members and organizations working on the Protocol could share experiences and best practices, evaluate the activities, learn from each other and strategize jointly on how to move the campaign forward.
African Women’s Engagement in Trade Agreements
The Economic Governance documentary was produced by FEMNET with support from Trust Africa. It highlights some of the challenges African women traders experience (especially Kenya, Egypt, Zambia, Rwanda & Uganda). It also captures some the best practices that gender lobby groups or governments at regional and national levels are using to successfully mainstream gender in trade arrangements as well as
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Photo Story: Celebrating Maputo at 20
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The 2022-2023 Africa Gender Equality Moot Court Competition
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Joint Statement on the Occasion of the Pan-African Women’s Day
This 31st of July 2023 marks the Pan-African Women’s Day, a celebration and an ode to the Foremothers of the Continent as well as the beautiful women of Africa, who