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UNIFEM is supporting the African Commission's Special Rapporteur on Women and Violence, Julienne Ondziel-Gnelenga, to report on Violence Against Women at domestic, community and institutional levels, including women in conflict situations. Five field studies to assess the situation of women's human rights in Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo are also being conducted. For more information, contact Hodan Addou, Programme Coordinator for East, Central and the Horn of Africa.

The Rapporteur's preliminary report will be submitted to an Expert
Meeting for review, before presentation of the final text to the
African Commission of Human and Peoples' Rights later in 2001. This
reporting process is the only Africa-wide mechanism to date for
monitoring the status of women's human rights across Africa and the
performance of OAU Member States who have pledged to uphold them
through the African Charter and its attendant Protocol.