issue: African Union
SOAWR Coalition partners including African Women’s Development and Communication Network( FEMNET), Akina Mama wa Afrika, Equality Now, IPAS-Africa Alliance in collaboration with women’s rights organizations across the continent convened a side event on the margins of the 22nd AU Heads of State Summit to discuss the priorities of African girls and women in the post 2015 framework.
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
This report is a joint initiative between the Lawyers’ Circle and Oxfam. It analyses the implementation of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, better known as the Maputo Protocol in Kenya. The Maputo Protocol guarantees comprehensive rights to women.
In January 2012, African governments met in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for the 20th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council and 18th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU), under the theme “Boosting Intra-African Trade”.
See SOAWR’s full statement as read on October 13th, 2026 at the 89th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights in Dakar, Senegal. Read the Full
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
