Facebook Twitter
Maputo @20
MEMBERS
Protocol Watch
Maputo @20

region: West Africa

AFRICAN CENTRE FOR DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS STUDIES (ACDHRS)

ACDHRS is an independent, Pan African non-governmental organization established by the Gambian government in 1989. Its aim is the promotion and protection of human rights in Africa through the establishment and maintenance of a human rights movement spanning the continent. ACDHRS also seeks to collaborate with, support and encourage the work of partners, through the development and strengthening of effective implementation and use of international standards and instruments.

Find out more

Togo

Togo signed the Maputo Protocol in December, 2003 and ratified it in Ocotber, 2005.  2012: The Persons and Family Code allows for wives, daughters and sons to have equal inheritance rights but still allows for the application of customary law which can be discriminatory against women. The National Policy on Equity and Gender Equality of 2011 was updated in 2019. The policy aims to “make Togo an emerging country, without discrimination, where men and women will have the same opportunities to participate in its development and enjoy the benefits of its growth “. 2015: Action plan for resolution 1325 on the

Find out more

Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone signed the Maputo Protocol in December, 2003 and ratified it in July, 2015.  2013-2018: The Agenda for Prosperity, which is a Poverty Reduction Strategy “made provisions for a standalone pillar on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in the National Development Plan”. 2017: National Land Policy, estblished to promote GEWE by increasing women’s access to land and ownership. 2017-2020: National Strategy for Financial Inclusion, aims “to make financial services available, accessible anf affordable for all Sierra Leoneans and MSMEs, and support inclusive and resilient private-sector led growth” . 2010-2013: National Gender Strategic Plan (mid term review in 2012). 2019-2023: National Gender Plan

Find out more

Senegal

Senegal signed the Maputo Protocol in December, 2003 and ratified it in December, 2004.  2012: Article 7 of the Constitution. Article 7 of the Constitution adopted in 2001, and amended in 2012, includes the following provisions: The human person is sacred. It is inviolable. The State has the obligation to respect it and to protect it. Every individual has the right to life, to liberty, to security, to the free development of his personality, to corporeal integrity, notably to protection against all physical mutilations. 2017: The “Anchor Borrowers Programme”; launched by Nigeria’s Central Bank it aims to facilitate interface betweeb smallholder

Find out more

Latest
Posts

Get the Latest News

Solidarity for African Women's rights (SOAWR) is a coalition of over 70 civil society organisations across
the continent working to ensure that the Protocol to the African Charter on the Rights of Women in
Africa remains on the agenda of policy makers and to urge all African leaders to safeguard the rights
of women through ratification and implementation of the Protocol.

SOAWR Secretariat c/o Equality Now
P.O Box 2018-00202 Nairobi Kenya
By signing up to SOAWR's newsletter you consent to us further contacting you with our latest news and events.
We take your privacy very seriously and we are committed to protecting your personal information online.
Facebook Twitter

ⓒ 2024. All Rights Reserved