country: Cameroon
These guides offer a practical path from international and regional commitment to national reality grounding the Protocol’s standards in the specific legal, political, and social context of four countries: Cameroon, Nigeria, Senegal and Uganda.
Through the All for Maputo Protocol Initiative, supported by Sida and Equality Now, SOAWR member Réseau des Femmes Leaders pour le Développement (RFLD) has translated the Maputo Protocol into the languages of Hausa and Zarma. Hausa is a language spoken by the Hausa people in Chad, and mainly within the northern half of Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, and the southern half of Niger, with significant minorities in Sudan, Benin and Côte d’Ivoire. According to Britannica, the Hausa language is the most important indigenous lingua franca in West and Central Africa, spoken as a first or second language by about 40–50 million people. Zarma is
Le Women’s Counselling and Information Centre (WCIC) s’inscrit dans le paysage assez varié des associations et ONG qui oeuvrent pour la protection et la promotion des droits des femmes au Cameroun.
The Women’s Counselling and Information Centre (WCIC) is part of the diverse landscape of associations and NGOs working for the protection and promotion of women’s rights in Cameroon.
Women’s Advocacy and Communication Network (WANET), (ancien FEMNET-CAMEROUN), est un réseau Camerounais de femmes basé à Douala – Cameroun. Il a pour mission de promouvoir le leadership collectif des femmes Camerounaises pour l’égalité, l’éducation à la paix et le développement durable.
Women’s Advocacy and Communication Network (WANET), (formerly FEMNET-CAMEROON), is a Cameroonian women’s network based in Douala – Cameroon. Its mission is to promote the collective leadership of Cameroonian women for equality, peace education and sustainable development.
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
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
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
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
