Communication Techniques for Development (ACT)
Communication Techniques for Development is an Egyptian organisation who seeks to improve the media’s representation of women and combat violence against women.
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Women Lead Movement: Madagascar Chapter
WLM promote and advocate for gender equality as well as an active and participatory citizenry, which are both pivotal for the achievement of good governance, sustainable development, social justice and transformation.
Why the Maputo Protocol Benefits Everyone: #MaputoProtocolAt19
One of the world’s most comprehensive and progressive women’s human rights instruments, the Protocol to the African Charter on the Rights of Women in Africa (the Maputo Protocol) was adopted by Heads of State and Government in Maputo, Mozambique, on 11 July 2003. To commemorate the 19th Anniversary of the Maputo Protocol, the SOAWR Coalition is celebrating 19 reasons why the Protocol benefits the diversity of African women and girls, their lived realities, communities and governments. Go to: 1. African Union Member States Whilst the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights provides a foundational framework for domesticating human rights
THE INTER-AFRICAN NETWORK FOR WOMEN, MEDIA, GENDER EQUITY AND DEVELOPMENT (FAMEDEV)
Réseau Inter Africain pour les Femmes, Médias, Genre et Développement (FAMEDEV) est une organisation de défense des droits des femmes dont le siège est basé à Dakar au Sénégal. La MISSION de FAMEDEV est d’amener des changements substantiels en Afrique en utilisant les médias et en soutenant la promotion des femmes africaines dans les médias, de contribuer à l’établissement d’un système de réseaux de contacts fonctionnels pour la promotion des femmes africaines dans les médias, et d’aider au renforcement des compétences et des capacités des Africaines dans les médias au moyen de formation, de réseaux de contacts, d’activisme et de fundraising.
Inter African Network for Women, Media, Gender and Development (FAMEDEV) is a women’s rights organization headquartered in Dakar, Senegal. FAMEDEV’s mission is to bring about substantial changes in Africa by using the media and by supporting the promotion of African women in the media, to contribute to the establishment of a system of functional contact networks for the promotion of African women in the media, and to help build African women’s media skills and capacities through training, networking, activism and fundraising.
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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
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The Central African Republic has officially ratified the Maputo Protocol!
Following the SOAWR Coalition’s ratification and advocacy mission on the 25th of June 2025, the Government of the Central African Republic (CAR) deposited the instrument of ratification for the Maputo Protocol on the 29th of July 2025, making CAR the 46th African Union member state to do so.
#MaputoAt22: Our Rights Are Non-Negotiable
Today, on 11 July 2025, we mark 22 years since the adoption of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in