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SOAWR welcomes new members to join the Coalition to grow and strengthen the collective potential and power to ensure that African women and girls in all their diversities fully enjoy their rights as articulated in the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (“the Maputo Protocol”) and that these rights are prioritized by policymakers and decision-makers on the African continent.
Joining SOAWR gives registered members access to various channels and platforms for deeper engagement, capacity enhancement, visibility through SOAWR platforms, and cooperation with other partners and allies working on similar themes or sharing similar challenges. It also ensures the power of solidarity benefits all the members as the shared agenda is accomplished.
The SOAWR Coalition is currently open to new membership applications.
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ASSOCIATION OF EGYPTIAN FEMALE LAWYERS (AEFL)
The Association of the Egyptian Female Lawyers (AEFL) is an Egyptian NGO registered in the Ministry of Social Solidarity with no. 3236. It works upon activating political participation for women, supporting their political and economic rights which stated by the local law and international charters. AEFL believes in women’s right in occupying any organisational position according to what stated in human rights and developmental plans.
Find out more in both English and Arabic.
BAOBAB FOR WOMEN’S HUMAN RIGHTS
Baobab for Women’s Human Rights (BAOBAB) is a feminist organization based on the principles of equality, empowerment, and respect for the dignity of women as human beings. It was established in 1996 as an intervention strategy to address the myriad of barriers to the actualisation of the rights of women in all its forms under the three parallel systems of law in Nigeria, namely: customary, religious and statutory laws, especially in Muslim-majority communities.
CELLULE DE COORDINATION SUR LES PRATIQUES TRADITIONNELLES AFFECTANT LA SANTÉ DES FEMMES ET DES ENFANTS (CPTAFE)
CPTAFE a été créée par des bénévoles en 1984 en tant que branche du Comité interafricain sur les pratiques traditionnelles affectant la santé des femmes et des enfants, en particulier les mutilations génitales féminines (MGF). Depuis lors, CPTAFE est devenue une organisation nationale bien établie qui dirige et coordonne la lutte contre les MGF en Guinée.
CPTAFE was formed by volunteers in 1984 as a branch of the Inter African Committee on Traditional Practices affecting women’s and children’s health, particularly Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). Since then, CPTAFE has evolved into an established national organisation leading and coordinating the fight against FGM in Guinea.
Center for Health Human Rights and Development (CEHURD)
CEHURD is a Ugandan non-profit, research and advocacy organisation which is pioneering the justiciability of the right to health, founded in 2010. Their mission is to advance health rights for vulnerable communities through an integrated program of litigation, advocacy and action research.