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Africa for Women’s Rights: Tunisia

Women’s rights protection instruments ratified by : : ratified in 1985 with a general declaration and reservations to articles 9(2), 16 and 15(4) CEDAW Protocol: ratified in 2008 Maputo Protocol: not signed, not ratified Table of Contents 1 Ratify! 2 Respect! 3 Some positive developments… 4 But discrimination and violence persist 5 In Law 6 […]

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Africa for Women’s Rights: Uganda

Women’s rights protection instruments ratified by : : ratified in 1985 CEDAW Protocol: not ratified : signed in 2003 Table of Contents 1 Ratify! 2 Respect! 3 Some positive developments… 4 But discrimination and violence persist 5 In Law 6 In Practice 6.1 Violence 6.2 Obstacles to access to education 6.3 Obstacles to access to […]

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Africa for Women’s Rights: Zimbabwe

Women’s rights protection instruments ratified by : : ratified in 1991 CEDAW Protocol: not ratified Maputo Protocol: ratified in 2008 Table of Contents 1 Ratify! 2 Respect! 3 Some positive developments… 4 But discrimination and violence persist 5 In Law 6 In Practice 6.1 Violence 6.2 Obstacles to access to employment and decision-making 6.3 Obstacles […]

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African Feminist Forum

The African Feminist Forum is a biennial conference that brings together African feminist activists to deliberate on issues of  key concern to the movement. It was developed out of the growing concern amongst feminists on the continent, that the efforts to advance the rights of women on the continent were under serious threat from a […]

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African Gender Development Index

The African Gender Development Index (AGDI) is a composite index of gender equality introduced by the . The index was officially launched at the Fourth African Development Forum (ADF IV) in Addis Ababa on 12 October 2004. Rather than being a collection of individual statistics, the index is composed of two parts, the Gender Status […]

African Women’s Development Fund

The African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) funds local, national, sub-regional and regional organisations in Africa working towards women’s empowerment. The AWDF is an institutional capacity-building and programme development fund, which aims to help build a culture of learning and partnerships within the African women’s movement. In addition to awarding grants, the AWDF attempts to strengthen […]

African Women’s Rights Observatory (AWRO)

The Beijing Platform for Action, outcome of the , recommended the creation of mechanisms for monitoring gender equality and the advancement of women. The African Centre for Gender and Social Development of United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ACGSD/UNECA) in collaboration with Regional Gender Programme for Africa (UNDP/RGPA) has launched in 2008 the African Women’s […]

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Agatha Barbara

Agatha Barbara (March 11, 1923 – February 4, 2002) was the first and to date only female President of the . Table of Contents 1 Education and Early Life 2 Political Life 3 Presidency 4 On Women’s Political Empowerment in Malta 5 See Also 6 References Education and Early Life Barbara was born in Żabbar, […]

Ages of consent to sex in South Africa

Table of Contents 1 The ages of consent to sex (or any sexual act) in South Africa and their complications 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Definitions 1.3 Ages 16 to 18 1.4 Ages 12 to 16 1.5 Age 12 and below 1.6 Child pornography below age 18 1.7 Incest consent 1.8 Other consent (not covered) 1.9 Ages […]

Aid effectiveness

Aid Effectiveness and Gender Equality Recent reforms of aid delivery, most notably the  Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness (2005), have provided new opportunties and mechanisms to translate donor and government commitments into improved practice, results and impacts. Achieving internationally agreed development goals will, however, not be possible without progress in gender equality and women’s empowerment. […]

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