{"id":63607,"date":"2026-05-12T16:16:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T15:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/?post_type=resource&#038;p=63607"},"modified":"2026-05-12T16:16:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T15:16:34","slug":"statement-by-equality-now-observer-status-no-281-on-the-occasion-of-the-87th-ordinary-session-of-the-african-commission-on-human-and-peoples-rights","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/es\/resource\/statements\/statement-by-equality-now-observer-status-no-281-on-the-occasion-of-the-87th-ordinary-session-of-the-african-commission-on-human-and-peoples-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement by Equality Now (Observer Status No. 281) on the Occasion of the 87th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples\u2019 Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"meta-split-banner-block\" style=\"background-color:#001745\">\n\n    \n        <div class=\"columns is-gapless\">\n            <div class=\"column 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style=\"color:#001745\">Summary<\/a>\n                                        <\/li>\n\n                                    \n                                        <li>\n                                            <a class=\"QLanchor\" href=\"#what's-included-in-the-statement?\" style=\"color:#001745\">What&#8217;s included in the statement?<\/a>\n                                        <\/li>\n\n                                    \n                                        <li>\n                                            <a class=\"QLanchor\" href=\"#who's-it-for?\" style=\"color:#001745\">Who&#8217;s it for?<\/a>\n                                        <\/li>\n\n                                    \n                                        <li>\n                                            <a class=\"QLanchor\" href=\"#key-recommendations-and-takeaways\" style=\"color:#001745\">Key recommendations and takeaways<\/a>\n                                        <\/li>\n\n                                    \n                                <\/ul>\n\n                            \n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n    \n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n        <a name=\"summary\"><\/a>\n\n\n<div class=\"full-width-content-block\">\n\n    \n        <div class=\"container\" data-aos=\"fade-up\">\n            <div class=\"columns\">\n                <div class=\"column\">\n\n                    <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Equality Now\u2019s statement to the 87th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples\u2019 Rights (ACHPR) calls for urgent legal and policy reforms to advance gender equality and strengthen protections for women and girls across Africa. The statement also highlights persistent discrimination in family law, barriers to sexual and reproductive health and rights, ongoing harmful practices such as female genital mutilation (FGM), gaps in accountability for sexual and gender-based violence, and the growing threat of technology-facilitated gender-based violence.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We urge Member States and the ACHPR to fully implement the Maputo Protocol through survivor-centered, gender-transformative legal reforms, stronger accountability mechanisms, and coordinated regional action that protects the rights, dignity, and equality of women and girls.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n    \n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"two-column-content-block\">\n\n    \n        <div class=\"container\">\n            <div class=\"columns is-multiline\">\n                <div class=\"column is-12-tablet is-6-desktop is-5-fullhd\" 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style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Advocacy for survivor-centered sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) reforms<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recommendations to strengthen laws and enforcement mechanisms addressing FGM, marital rape, sexual offences, and broader sexual and gender-based violence<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Calls for South Sudan to domesticate and implement the Maputo Protocol and enact key gender equality legislation<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Concerns about technology-facilitated gender-based violence and recommendations for stronger digital governance, accountability, and gender-responsive protections<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"column is-12-tablet is-6-desktop is-5-fullhd is-offset-2-fullhd\" 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