language: French
This brief is addressed to non-governmental organisations, human rights institutions (HRIs), activists and political actors advocating for the universal ratification of the Maputo Protocol and the lifting of reservations. Available in English, French and Arabic.
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.
Exciting new SOAWR resource coming March 2025
Il s’agit d’une étude comparative des législations nationales et internationales ratifiées par le Maroc et le Protocole de Maputo qu’il n’a pas encore ratifié, et ce, dans le domaine des Droits des Femmes Marocaines. Le travail est basé sur une collecte de documentations ainsi que des rapports émis par les instances nationales concernées et les rapports des ONG féminines.
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
