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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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Botswana has Ratified the Maputo Protocol!

1st December, 2023 The Republic of Botswana has ratified the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (better known as the Maputo Protocol). The SOAWR Coalition congratulates the Government of Botswana on this momentous achievement in the year of the 20th Anniversary of the Maputo Protocol. Botswana deposited the instrument of ratification to the African Union Commission on the 1st of December, 2023. Until now, Botswana had previously been one of just three African Union Member States who had neither signed or ratified the African women’s rights treaty, alongside Egypt

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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 work tirelessly to improve their own lives and the lives of others. The day marks 61 years since the formation of the African Union’s first ever women’s collective on the Continent- the Pan-African Women’s Organisation (PAWO), and comes at a time when we are still celebrating 20 years since the adoption of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa

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20 for 20 Solidarity Awards: Leading women’s rights activists honoured for their groundbreaking work advancing women’s rights in Africa

KENYA, Nairobi, July 21, 2023 The 20 for 20 Solidarity Awards ceremony took place on July 11, 2023, honouring five outstanding women’s rights activists and four leading civil society organisations for their remarkable efforts in advocating for the ratification and implementation of the Maputo Protocol, the groundbreaking legal framework adopted on July 11, 2003, by the African Union (AU) to address specific challenges faced by women and girls across Africa. The gala event was hosted in Nairobi, Kenya, by  Solidarity for African Women’s Rights Coalition (SOAWR) with international women’s rights organisation Equality Now to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the

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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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