Gender & Minorities

The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on Women’s Rights in Africa, otherwise known as the Maputo Protocol, is widely celebrated as the most progressive international treaty on women’s rights.

Somalia’s ethnic and religious minorities forgotten victims of civil war – new MRG report

24 November 2010

September 2010 cast a dark cloud over Zambia’s chances of ending gender-based violence in the country when two political leaders beat up their wives.

This year’s 16 Days of Activism campaign focuses on women and conflict, a timely theme considering we are also reviewing 10 years since the adoption of United Nations Security Council resolution 1325.

The coming into force of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (the protocol) on 25 November 2005 marked a great turning point for women and girls in Africa.

Five years after the entry into force of the protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (Women’s Protocol), it is time for the 29 state parties to take stock of their success, or lack thereof, in fulfilling their obligations under the regional tr

The African Women’s Decade 2010–20 (AWD) is a remarkable event for African women and a commendation to the African Union for the recognition of the needs, concerns and agency of women in Africa.

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WORLD ORGANISATION AGAINST TORTURE (OMCT)
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INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN