SOAWR at the 13th AU Summit
Read the FEMNET Report On Participation of the SOAWR Coalition in the Pre-Summit Activities of the 13th Ordinary Summit of the African Union Assembly.
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SOAWR COALITION CONDEMNS THE UNFAIR DETENTION OF WOMEN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN EGYPT
The Solidarity for African Women’s Rights Coalition (SOAWR) strongly condemns the unlawful and arbitrary detention of Women Human Rights Defenders in Cairo-Egypt on Saturday 21st June 2014. The seven Women Human Rights Defenders; Yara Sallam, Sanaa Seif, Hanan Mustafa Mohamed, Salwa Mihriz, Samar Ibrahim, Nahid and Fikreya Mohamed were arrested for protesting peacefully against the Protest and Public Assembly Law and calling for the release of all detainees and imprisoned human rights defenders in Egypt. The women have been charged with organizing a demonstration without prior notice as stipulated by the law and the participation in a demonstration that breached
Calling on Nigeria to Take Adequate and Effective Action to Protect the Rights of the Girl Victims
The Solidarity for African Women’s Rights Coalition (SOAWR) joins the global community in condemning the abduction of over 276 Nigerian girls by Boko Haram on April 14, 2014 and Nigeria’s subsequent failure to take immediate action to ensure their safe return and continued protection. The schoolgirls were taking exams when members of Boko Haram stormed the all-girl secondary school near Chibok in Northeast Nigeria and forced the teenage schoolgirls into trucks, kidnapping and transporting them to remote camps in Northern Nigeria, including Madayi, Dogon Chuku, Meri and Kangarwa.1 Upon splitting up and dispersing the girls into several different camps, Boko
Promoting a Multisectoral Approach to the Protocol on Women’s Rights
SOAWR in collaboration with the AU Women, Gender and development Directorate and UNIFEM have concluded in Kigali, Rwanda a stakeholders’ meeting on the implementation of the AU Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa. SOAWR in collaboration with the AU Women, Gender and development Directorate and UNIFEM have concluded in Kigali, Rwanda a stakeholders’ meeting on the implementation of the AU Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa. The meeting brought together representatives of government and CSOs from 14 of
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SOAWR’s Statement at the 87th Ordinary Session of the ACHPR
See SOAWR’s full statement as read on May 12th, 2026 at the 87th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights in Banjul, The Gambia. Read the
SOAWR at CSW70
We are delighted to invite you to join the SOAWR Coalition and our member organisations at the 70th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70) in New
SOAWR Communiqué on the AU-CEVAWG
This communiqué outlines the Solidarity for African Women’s Rights (SOAWR) Coalition’s position on the African Union Convention on Ending Violence Against Women and Girls. For further information or any enquiries,
SOAWR’s Statement at the 85th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
This statement by Alliances for Africa (Observer Status Number 235) on behalf of the SOAWR Coalition was prepared in Abuja, Nigeria, on 30th September 2025 and read at the 85th