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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

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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

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Africa Gender Equality Moot Court Competition 2024

Pour le français, voir ci-dessous. Register here Download Authorisation Form Since 2020, the SOAWR Coalition and Equality Now have hosted the Africa Gender Equality Moot Court Competition with the primary objective of enhancing law students’ research, understanding, and application of the Maputo Protocol and other regional and international human rights instruments to advance the rights of women and girls in Africa. 2024 Moot Court Competition Equality Now, in collaboration with the SOAWR Coalition and Kenyatta University School of Law, is hosting the 3rd edition of the Africa Gender Equality Moot Court Competition (AGEMCC) from July 2024 to December 2024. This

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Launch of the Africa Gender Equality Moot Court Competition, 3rd edition

THEME: Legal dilemmas of commercial surrogacy in Africa Date: 25th July 2024 Location: Virtual via Zoom Register for the webinar Download the Concept Note A. About the organizers Equality Now Equality Now, founded in 1992, is an international women’s rights organization that works to achieve legal and systemic change that addresses violence and discrimination against women and girls around the world, with a focus on ending sexual violence, harmful practices, sexual exploitation, and achieving legal equality. Combining grassroots activism with international, regional, and national legal advocacy, Equality Now’s approach links high-level policy advocacy and global activism with support and legal

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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.

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