July 11, 2024 At the African Union meeting in Maputo, Mozambique, on 11 July 2003, the AU officially adopted the “Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa”, also known as the “Maputo Protocol”. Today, the SOAWR Coalition is celebrating the 21st Anniversary of the Maputo Protocol through the theme ‘Building Futures, Honouring Legacies’ and exploring 21 Years of African Women’s Inheritance Rights via Article 21 of the Protocol. Positively, the majority of AU Member States have legislated for equal rights to inheritance. SOAWR’s analysis of data from Women, Business &