Gender Issues Showlist
Women, Peace & Security
UNSCR 1325 calls on all parties to: protect and respect the rights of women and girls in conflict & post-conflict; increase women participation in all conflict resolution, peacekeeping and peace-building & to end impunity by prosecuting perpetrators of sexual and other violence on women and girls
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Human Rights of Women
Thirty six years after the adoption of CEDAW, many women and girls still do not have equal opportunities to realize rights recognized by law. Women are denied the right to own property or inherit land. They face social exclusion, “honor killings”, FGM, trafficking, restricted mobility, early marriage,...
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Violence Against Women
Violence against women is the most shameful human rights violation. Gender based violence not only violates human rights, but also hampers productivity, reduces human capital and undermines economic growth. It is estimated that up to 70 per cent of women experience violence in their lifetime
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Political Participation & Leadership
Where women are fully represented, societies are more peaceful and stable. Women political participation is fundamental for gender equality and their representation in positions of leadership must be a priority for all Africans governments.
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Latest News
- LIBERIA: Ministry of Justice Launches Gender Policy and Strategic Action Plan for Inclusivity
- SOUTH SUDAN: South Sudan works to reintegrate young mothers back into school
- GAMBIA: Waho Screens Over Thousands of Women for Breast, Cervical Cancer
- NIGERIA: Women kick against move to repeal VAPP Act
- SEYCHELLES: Seychelles to Host First Business Incubation Centre for African Woman Entrepreneurs
- ETHIOPIA: Rising Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls Is Seeping Into What's Left of the Ethiopian Social Fabric. Without Accountability, the Worst Is Yet to Come
- MAURITIUS: Regional Cooperation - Development of a National Action Plan On Women, Peace, and Security
- SOUTH AFRICA: Call for policy that removes barriers to women’s participation in business
- ETHIOPIA: Civil Society Groups Demand Action On Gender-Based Violence in Tigray, Blame Govt
- NIGERIA: Bill to Create Extra 74 Seats for Women in Parliament Passes Second Reading
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Introduction
About the Solidarity for African Women’s Rights (SOAWR) Coalition:
The Solidarity for African Women’s Rights (SOAWR) is a coalition of over 50 organizations working on women’s rights in 27 countries in Africa.
SOAWR was formed in 2004, with the principal objective of advocating for the adoption, ratification, domestication and implementation of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (the Maputo Protocol). The SOAWR campaign over the next five years seeks to ensure that the Maputo Protocol remains a central policy instrument for the pursuit of women’s rights in Africa by accelerating ratification in countries where this has not been done, and pursuing domestication, implementation and accountability in countries where ratification has occurred.
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