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Press Release: SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN THE AFRICAN UNION (AU)
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 of girls and women as articulated in the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (“the Maputo Protocol”) are prioritized by policymakers on the African continent. On the heels of celebrating two decades of promoting and protecting the rights of women and girls in Africa, we are dismayed to learn of the alleged sexual harassment of the Bilingual Secretary of
Call to Action and Accountability to: The African Union Member States
(ENG) Download Call to Action and Accountability (FR) Télécharger l’appel à l’action et à la responsabilité (العربية) تنزيل دعوة للعمل والمساءلة
JOINT STATEMENT ON THE OCCASION OF THE GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION FOR ACCESS TO SAFE AND LEGAL ABORTION
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 Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women in Africa (SRRWA), in partnership with the undersigned Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) under the banner of the Solidarity for African Women’s Rights (SOAWR) Coalition, reaffirm our unwavering dedication to safeguarding women’s rights to access safe and legal abortion. An array of global geopolitical, socio-economic, and public health challenges has defined 2024. From ongoing conflicts in the Middle East to wars in Russia and
Call to Action and Accountability to the African Union Member States
Download the Call to Action and Accountability (ENG) Télécharger A l’action et à la redevabilité (FR) Download SOAWR’s Press Statement – 30th November 2023 Télécharger Télécharger le communiqué de presse de SOAWR – 30 novembre 2023 Watch the Press Conference Introduction We, members of the SOAWR Coalition, are deeply concerned about the continued violation, infringement, abuse, and denial of the rights of women and girls in Africa in contravention of the provisions of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (the Maputo Protocol); Recognizing that 46 AU Member States