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Founded in 1992, the Center for Reproductive Rights is the recognized global leader in using legal and human rights strategies to secure every woman’s reproductive autonomy and access to healthcare as fundamental human rights. The Center for Reproductive Rights believes that a woman’s ability to exercise her human rights, as well as her equality and status in society, are directly linked to her enjoyment of reproductive rights—without the ability to make decisions about her health and life, a woman cannot enjoy her right to participate in educational institutions, the workplace, or the political sphere.

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Eswatini

Eswatini ratified the Maputo Protocol October 15th, 2012 and signed on December 7th, 2004. 2016 Eswatini signed the amended SADC Gender and Development Protocol, which includes provisions to align countries’ among other things, with UNSCR1325[1] 2018 Election of Women Act: meant to realize women’s constitutional right to proper representation in the House of assembly by enforcing quotas[2] Launch of the Ending Child Marriage Campaign in Lesotho, backed by Princess Senate of Lesotho[3] 2019 National Development Plan 2019-2022 sets out to increase % of funds allocated to Gender and Family issues programs from 0.0.14% of the National Budget to 10% of

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South Africa

South Africa signed the Maputo Protocol in March 2004 and ratified it in December 2004. 2017 Traditional Courts Bill: Critiqued for marginalising women’s voices by shifting the power to male heads of household in traditional courts and affects single women without male family members [i] 2019 Recognition of Customary Marriage Amendment Bill: Would allow women who entered into customary marriages before 1998 equal rights to marital property, even in polygamous marriages [ii] New proposed law will seek to harmonise the three marriage acts on the principles of equality and non-discrimination, including outlawing marriage under 18 years of age, and including

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Namibia

2015 Public Procurement Act of 2015: Section 2(b) states that the Act’s objective is to promote the empowerment of women and other marginalised groups, and to provide preferential treatment in the allocation of procurement contracts[i]  2018 Revised National Resettlement Policy 2018-2027: mentions women as a previously disadvantaged group to be prioritised in landal location[ii] 2019 The gender equality ministry has partnered with UNWomen and the DeBeers Group to implement the programme for economic security for a period of three years (2017-2020). It aims to build the capacity of women micro-entrepreneurs through business and life skills training, as well as strengthening

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