issue: Elimination of discrimination
The NGO Gender Coordination Network (NGO GCN) is a network that exists to promote gender equality and equity in Malawi through co-ordination, lobbying, advocacy, information sharing and capacity building of its members. Its thematic areas are: Women in Politics & Decision Making, Gender Related Laws, GBV, Child Rights and Agriculture & Economic Empowerment for Women.
The LHRC is a non-partisan, non-profit sharing, non-governmental organization striving to empower the public, promote, reinforce and safeguard human rights and good governance in Tanzania through legal and civic education and information; sound legal research and advise; monitoring and follow up of human rights violations; and advocacy for reforms of policies, laws and practices to conform to international human rights standards.
The Federation of Women Lawyers – Kenya (FIDA Kenya) is the oldest women’s rights organization in Eastern Africa. It is a non-profit, non-partisan membership organization committed to the creation of a society that is free from all forms of discrimination against women. FIDA Kenya does this through provision of legal aid to indigent women, engagement on legal, policy and legislative reform, treaty monitoring and research, women’s rights monitoring and advocacy, education and referral among other programmatic interventions.
Founded in 1992, Equality Now is an organization that advocates for the human rights of women and girls around the world by raising international visibility of individual cases of abuse, mobilizing public support through our global membership, and wielding strategic political pressure to ensure that governments enact or enforce laws and policies that uphold the rights of women and girls.
Fondée en 1992, Equality Now est une organisation qui défend les droits humains des femmes et des filles dans le monde entier en augmentant la visibilité internationale des cas individuels d’abus, en mobilisant le soutien du public par le biais de nos membres dans le monde entier, et en exerçant une pression politique stratégique pour s’assurer que les gouvernements adoptent ou appliquent des lois et des politiques qui défendent les droits des femmes et des filles.
Download the Full Statement 19th October, 2024 SOAWR Member Alliances for Africa (AfA) presented a statement at the 81st Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
Download English Press Release The Solidarity for African Women’s Rights is a coalition of over 70 civil society organizations working across 33 countries. SOAWR works to ensure that the rights
(ENG) Download Call to Action and Accountability (FR) Télécharger l’appel à l’action et à la responsabilité (العربية) تنزيل دعوة للعمل والمساءلة
Graphic by SAAF Fund 28 September 2024 marks the Global Day of Action for access to safe and legal abortion. The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR), through its
