Lominda Afedraru (Daily Monitor)-- If man and woman are equal, why should the former be allowed to have several wives while the latter can only have one husband?
Filed under: Gender Equality
(AU Monitor)-- Greater women empowerment, training on gender issues, reform of legal systems and a sanction imposition are some of the strategies the Africa Union (AU) should adoptin 2010: the Year for Peace, according to gender experts meeting ahead of the AU summit.
Filed under: Gender Equality
(AU Monitor)-- In 2003, the Africa Union (AU) adopted the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa. Today, only 27 countries have ratified. It is only Rwanda, to the best of my knowledge, that has done a comprehensive review of its laws to [to make them compatible with the AU women’s protocol]. There is renewed push to ratify as more women continue suffering from acts of violence in peaceful countries and those in conflicts.
Filed under: Gender Equality
Carlyn Hambuba (FEMNET)-- Report findings from 18 African countries out of the 53, indicate that only 34 per cent of the member states have honoured the commitment of subsequent reporting on progress made in implementing the Solemn Declaration on Gender Equality in Africa (SDGEA) as required under article12. The report also indicates that although there has been progress made in institutionalising gender in government ministries, there is still lack of sufficient information on key programme executed.
Filed under: Gender Equality
Filed under: Gender Equality
Filed under: Gender Equality
Filed under: Gender Equality
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