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VICTORY FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN AFRICA!
The Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa came into force on the 25th of November 2005 - a milestone in the protection and promotion of women's rights in Africa. Sixteen countries have ratified the Protocol. Now the struggle for implementing these rights at national level begins!
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At the African Union meeting in Maputo in July 2003, the AU adopted the "Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa". But in order to come into force it needed to be ratified by at least 15 countries.
Algeria • Burkina Faso • Burundi • Chad • Congo • Cote D'Ivoire • Equatorial Guinea • Ethiopia • Gabon • Ghana • Guinea Bissau • Kenya • Liberia • Madagascar • Mauritius • Niger • Sierra Leone • Somalia • Swaziland • Tanzania • Zimbabwe
Angola • Botswana • Cameroon • Central African Republic • Egypt • Eritrea • Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic • Sao Tome • Sudan • Tunisia
Benin • Cape Verde • Comoros • Djibouti • Gambia • Lesotho • Libya • Malawi • Mali • Mauritania • Mozambique • Namibia • Nigeria • Rwanda • Senegal • Seychelles • South Africa • Togo • Zambia
Democratic Republic of Congo • Guinea • Uganda
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These countries have not signed the Protocol
YELLOW CARD
These countries have signed the Protocol but have not yet ratified
YELLOW CARD but should soon be upgraded
These countries have signed the Protocol and are in the process of ratification
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These countries have signed and ratified the Protocol
Sign the petition online or use your cell phone. Send a text message with the word 'petition' followed by your full name to +27-832-933-934. So far we have collected 3391 signatures! (454 via SMS)