The Solidarity for African Womens Right's (SOAWR)
is a coalition of over 70 civil society organisations
working across 33 countries.
Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa
Maputo Protocol
The Protocol offers significant potential to guarantee the rights of women, but in order to come into force it needed to be ratified by at least 15 countries.
On 26 October 2005 the Protocol received its 15th ratification, meaning the Protocol entered into force on 25 November 2005.
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This brief is addressed to non-governmental organisations, human rights institutions (HRIs), activists and political actors advocating for the universal ratification of the Maputo Protocol and the lifting of reservations. Available in English, French and Arabic.
July 2, 2026 “A Nation that Silences its Bravest Daughters Betrays its Future.” The SOAWR Coalition stands in solidarity with our sisters and partners in Uganda. We are extremely concerned
Today, 11 July 2026, marks 23 years since African governments made a promise to the women and girls of this continent. On this day in 2003, the African Union adopted
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