Hi everyone,

Following is a message from FEMNET regarding the Draft Protocol women's
human
rights to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights. As mentioned in
the
note below, a number of documents are available:
- Amendments to the protocol by Florence Butegwa, UNIFEM and Chidi Odinkalu,
Interights
- Comments to the protocol from different groups and individuals (about 7
separate documents)

If you are interested in receiving copies, please send me a note at
[email protected] [2]

Regards,

Dorothy

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Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 18:19:08 +0300
From: FEMNET
Subject: Draft protocol on Women's Rights

Dear Colleagues,

The Experts/Ministerial meeting on the Draft Protocol women's human rights
to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights has been postponed for
the second time because only 4 Ministers had confirmed their participation.
We need to continue lobbying our governments at national level especially
ministries of gender and justice and gender desks of regional economic
communities and encourage them to participate to ensure that it is postponed
again.

A discussion has been going on electronically and some concrete decisions
have been reached so far. We would like to share this with you so that you
can use it in lobbying and also send in your comments.

Our efforts are directed at achieving a strong protocol that will protect
the human rights of women in Africa.

Attached, please find the amendments reached summarised by Florence Butegwa,
UNIFEM and Chidi Odinkalu, Interights. Their efforts and commitment in
streghening women's human rights in Africa are highly appreciated.

I will forward comments from which they were derived in the next mail to
avoid clogging your mail. For those who have already received them before
please bear with me.

Thank you.

Sincerely

Mary Wandia

Advocacy Officer

African Women's Development and Communications Network (FEMNET)
P. O. Box 54562, Nairobi, Kenya.
Tel: +254 2 3741301/20
Fax: +254 2 3742927
E-mail: [email protected] [3]
Website: http://www.africaonline.co.ke/femnet [4]

FEMNET aims to strengthen the role and contribution of African NGO's
focussing on women's development equality and other human rights, through
communications, networking, training and advocacy.

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