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Africa Gender Equality Moot Court Competition 2024

Pour le français, voir ci-dessous. Register here Download Authorisation Form Since 2020, the SOAWR Coalition and Equality Now have hosted the Africa Gender Equality Moot Court Competition with the primary objective of enhancing law students’ research, understanding, and application of the Maputo Protocol and other regional and international human rights instruments to advance the rights of women and girls in Africa. 2024 Moot Court Competition Equality Now, in collaboration with the SOAWR Coalition and Kenyatta University School of Law, is hosting the 3rd edition of the Africa Gender Equality Moot Court Competition (AGEMCC) from July 2024 to December 2024. This

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Launch of the Africa Gender Equality Moot Court Competition, 3rd edition

THEME: Legal dilemmas of commercial surrogacy in Africa Date: 25th July 2024 Location: Virtual via Zoom Register for the webinar Download the Concept Note A. About the organizers Equality Now Equality Now, founded in 1992, is an international women’s rights organization that works to achieve legal and systemic change that addresses violence and discrimination against women and girls around the world, with a focus on ending sexual violence, harmful practices, sexual exploitation, and achieving legal equality. Combining grassroots activism with international, regional, and national legal advocacy, Equality Now’s approach links high-level policy advocacy and global activism with support and legal

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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 Now took on a special initiative to gather statements from presidents, prime ministers, and ministers of the first countries that ratified the Protocol. In instances where the heads of state/government were unavailable, statements were collected from the relevant gender ministers. The intent was to celebrate the milestone achieved through the implementation of the Maputo Protocol by engaging these high-ranking officials and further discussing their plans for commemorating its adoption and

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Solidarity for African Women's rights (SOAWR) is a coalition of over 70 civil society organisations across
the continent working to ensure that the Protocol to the African Charter on the Rights of Women in
Africa remains on the agenda of policy makers and to urge all African leaders to safeguard the rights
of women through ratification and implementation of the Protocol.

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