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Today marks 23 years since the adoption of the Maputo Protocol: the most comprehensive instrument for women's human rights in the world. Developed by Africans, for Africans! We continue to carry that flame forward: 🔥bit.ly/MaputoAt23 #MaputoAt23 #KeepTheFireBurning

"African-ness is not synonymous with the contraction of rights for women and girls." Join us for this timely discussion with Ramatoulie Jallow from @Sihanet, who interrogates the ongoing conservative and foreign attempts to redefine African values and families. #AfricanPodcast

🎙️ Listen to our series 2 podcast finale, live from the #ACHPR87OS in Banjul, exploring strategies to resist backlash facing women's rights in Africa and to #ACTtoEndViolence ▶️ youtu.be/iuz7b6EySIw 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/49bfHW… 🌐 bit.ly/SOAWR-Podcast #MaputoProtocol

Ready to share your voice for #MaputoAt23 but not sure where to start? We’ve got you covered! 🫶✨ Press play for a quick guide on how to film your 1-minute video for the #MaputoAt23. We’re breaking down everything you need to know—from choosing your topic to sending it over to us! 🤳🌍 Quick Checklist: 🔸Keep it brief: Under 1 minute! ⏱️ 🔸Speak your truth: Share your reflections on the progress, challenges, or future of women's rights in Africa. 🔸Send it right: Export and upload via WeTransfer to p.nyaboke@femnet.or.ke 📧 🔸Don't miss the clock: Submit by 17th July 2026, 5:00 PM EAT! 🚨 You’ve got the power, now let’s get filming! 🎥🔥 #MaputoAt23 #ISpeak4Myself #KeepTheFireBurning

Calling all African girls and young women! 🔊 The #MaputoProtocol is turning 2⃣3⃣, and we aren't celebrating without you! 🥳 What does the progress, challenge, and future of women’s rights mean to you?💡 Grab your phone 🤳, film a quick 1-minute video, and let the world know: #ISpeakForMyself! 🗣️✨ 📥 Send your videos via WeTransfer to p.nyaboke@femnet.or.ke before 17th July 2026 (5:00 PM EAT)! #MaputoAt23 #ISpeak4Myself #KeepTheFireBurning

Aujourd'hui marque les 23 ans du Protocole de Maputo : l'instrument le plus complet au monde pour les droits des femmes. Par des Africains, pour des Africains ! 🔥 Faisons vivre la flamme : bit.ly/MaputoAt23 #MaputoAt23 #FaisonsVivreLaFlamme

Today marks 23 years since the adoption of the Maputo Protocol: the most comprehensive instrument for women's human rights in the world. Developed by Africans, for Africans! We continue to carry that flame forward: 🔥bit.ly/MaputoAt23 #MaputoAt23 #KeepTheFireBurning

اليوم يُحيي الذكرى الثالثة والعشرين لاعتماد بروتوكول مابوتو: أشمل صكٍّ لحقوق المرأة في العالم. من أفريقيا، لأفريقيا! 🔥 نواصل حمل الجذوة: bit.ly/MaputoAt23 #MaputoAt23 #أبقِ_الجذوة_مشتعلة

Do you know that today is the 23rd Anniversary of Maputo Protocol? Join us tonight as we discuss the realities of the Protocol 23 years later. Link meet.google.com/xbf-gvpp-eik @DannyWijnhoud @CSM4CFS @EstherBiru59407 @KPL_Women @Didara @thefacipulator @PowerShftAfrica @landislife

What does it take to push back against the growing attacks on women's rights across Africa? In the final episode of @SOAWR's special podcast series on the Maputo Protocol, recorded live during the 87th Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights in Banjul, our Regional Research and Advocacy Officer, Ramatoulie Jallow, joins Nyokabi Njogu of the Centre for Reproductive Rights for a timely conversation on the forces reshaping the women's rights landscape across the continent today. Together, they discuss how African feminist movements are responding through collective action, strategic advocacy, and cross-regional solidarity, offering powerful insights into what it takes to defend and advance gender justice. 🎧 Listen to the episode here: youtube.com/watch?v=iuz7b6… #MaputoProtocol #WomensRights #GenderJustice --------------------------- @achpr_cadhp @AU_WGYD @AfricanUnion @_AfricanUnion @IGADgender @Purposeful_org @awdf01 @SOAWR @Halayalkarib @DutchMFA @NLcivilsociety @AfricanUnionUN @woman_kind @TrustAfrica @UNTrustFundEVAW @eu_eeas @AGA_Platform @unwomenafrica @EqualityNow_AF @ReproRightsAFR @eu_echo

“When I witness the resilience of women all over the world, rising above the most difficult situations, I am reminded that I can never give up.” — Zawadi Nyong’o, Kenyan Feminist Leader. Twenty-three years ago, on 11 July, the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, commonly known as the Maputo Protocol, set out a bold vision for women’s rights and gender equality across the continent. Since then, Africa has seen stronger legal protections and more impactful participation by women and girls in leadership, education, and business. Today, we celebrate these hard-won gains, while recognising that support for women’s rights is under growing pressure and differing perspectives are becoming ever more prominent.

Explore how tech-facilitated gender based violence is reshaping digital spaces and experiences. Join our Teach-in Session on Feminist Digital Resistance for a space of dialogue, learning, and feminist strategies to create safer online environments. 🗓 Wednesday, 15 July 2026 ⏰ 2:30–4:30 PM (EAT) 🔗 bit.ly/4xOCMRG #SRHRDialogues #ACTtoEndViolence

We're Hiring! WRAPA is hiring an Assistant Programme Officer (Abuja). Passionate about gender equality and community development? Apply now: Email: recruitment@wrapanigeria.org or fill out the form below: forms.gle/8VExxhE3vdeUzW… Please share! 🤝

In observance of the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, SIHA Network presents "Beyond Survival: The Tragic Impact of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in Sudan". This short film centers the often-overlooked aftermath of violence on survivors, the lasting, everyday realities they continue to navigate long after the incident itself. It brings into focus how these experiences shape survivors’ lives in profound and enduring ways, while also highlighting the critical role of feminist frontline responders who work tirelessly to support them through these ongoing challenges. Watch this film in full, here, to better understand the impact survivors face, and the responsibility we all share in supporting their healing: youtu.be/3Ot-imrtpsU #KeepEyesOnSudan #KeepEyesOnDarfur #CRSV #EndCRSV #EndSexualViolenceInConflict ----------------------------- @UN_HRC @UNGeneva @eu_eeas @UNHumanRights @UN_Sudan @UNDP_Sudan @UNOCHA_Sudan @DWAG6 @DNforHR @AfricanCentre @USEmbassyKRT @AfricaAW @UKinSudan @RepSaraJacobs @Af4HA @_Nalafem @BSonblast @noonforwomen @el_karama @feministconsci1 @SudanHRH @NidalSaad4 @Sarajalilo @HkZuk @AfriFeminists @DutchMFA @fidh_un @GCR2P @CIHRS_Alerts @ISHRglobal @UNTrustFundEVAW @unwomensudan @NLinSudan @DefendDefenders @ngowgwps @Roaarabi2 @JamesCopnall @DavidLammy @antonioguterres @AyinSudan @_AfricanUnion @sudan_doctors @SecRubio @Swiss_Khartoum @AmbRamsoekh @RadioDabanga @kajakallas @EU_SUDAN @eu_echo

Hon. Janet Sallah-Njie, chairs the final agenda item for #DAY1 at the #ACHPR87OS: Panel on Commitment to Compliance: Lifting Reservations to Realise the Full Promise of the Maputo Protocol & Launch of the Framework on Lifting Reservations of some Provisions of the Maputo Protocol

Hon. Comm. Sallah-Njie declares the adoption of the Advocacy Framework for Withdrawing Reservations to Some Provisions of the protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa

Cadre de Plaidoyer pour le Retrait des Réserves à Certaines Dispositions du Protocole à la Charte Africaine des Droits de l’Homme et des Peuples relatif aux Droits des Femmes en Afrique @EqualityNow_AF achpr.au.int/fr/special-mec…

Advocacy Framework for Withdrawing Reservations to some Provisions of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa @EqualityNow_AF achpr.au.int/en/special-mec…

In Banjul for #ACHPR87OS? 🎙️Be part of a live recording of our All Things Maputo Protocol podcast with Nyokabi Njogu & Ramatoulie Jallow, with a chance to share your perspective too! 📍 Thematic Room 3 🗓 15 May | 🕜 1:30 PM @achpr_cadhp #ACTtoEndViolence #MaputoProtocol

This week, CEHURD represented by @AJRuth3 participated in a Strategic Litigation training in Nairobi, Kenya organized by @equalitynow and the Solidarity for African Women’s Rights (@SOAWR) Coalition. This training aimed at strengthening SOAWR members’ capacity to use #StrategicLitigation to advance Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, particularly in line with Article 14 of the Maputo Protocol. During the training, members had an overview of the Maputo Protocol, were re-oriented on Strategic Interest Litigation highlighting its objectives, advantages, litigation cycle, case identification, client suitability, evidence gathering, locus standi, timing, forum selection among others. Members were also trained on funding and collaboration for strategic litigation, advocacy and stakeholders engagements during strategic litigation, impact and implementation of outcomes of strategic litigation, risks and ethics among others. Members were also given an opportunity to think through at least one case they could litigate as an organization in line with the #MaputoProtocol and presentations were made in this respect with feedback given and commitment made by organizations to see through the filing and litigation of the select cases. It was an impactful training that will go a long way in advancing litigations in line with the Maputo Protocol.

Recent headlines have reignited debate on spousal property rights in Africa. How are women’s contributions to marriage valued, and are laws delivering justice? Join us, @IGEDAfrica, @EqualityNow_AF & @AFLN_Africa to discuss! 📅 21 April 🕒 11:00 GMT 👉 bit.ly/GC6-Toolkit-La…