Celebrating 20 Years of the Maputo Protocol – A Memoir
November 28, 2023
In commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights ...
The Solidarity Statement on Ending Child Marriage in Eastern and Southern Africa
November 2, 2023
While recognising the importance of domesticating the SADC Model Law in Southern Africa, 34 civil society organizations...
Submission to the UN Human Rights Committee over the USA’s Failure to Uphold the Rights of Women and Girls in all their Diversity
October 19, 2023
The United States of America is violating its international legal obligations by failing to uphold the human rights of women ...
Ending Child Marriage in Eastern and Southern Africa: Challenges in Implementing Domestic Laws and the SADC Model Law on Child Marriage
August 22, 2023
The Eastern and Southern African region has some of the highest rates of child marriage in the world, with an estimated 31% o...
2023 Update: Progress on Ending Sexism in Nationality Laws since July 2022
July 14, 2023
Our 2016 report on discriminatory nationality laws, which was sent to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights...
What will the impact of the metaverse be on human vulnerability?
July 12, 2023
There is much hype around the development of the metaverse, a new digital space which has the potential to be so real and imm...
Twenty Years of the Maputo Protocol: Where Are We Now?
July 4, 2023
On July 11 2003, African heads of state and government representatives gathered in Maputo, Mozambique, to adopt one of the mo...
Sexual Violence and Disability in Kyrgyzstan: Law, Policy, Practice and Access to Justice
May 28, 2023
Globally, an estimated 736 million women have been subjected to physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence, non-partner...
Ending Child Marriage in Southern Africa: Gaps and Opportunities in the Legislative Frameworks
May 8, 2023
International human rights instruments such as the Convention on the Rights of Children (CRC), the African Charter on the Rig...
Ending Child Marriages in Southern Africa: Domesticating the SADC Model Law on Child Marriage
May 8, 2023
The SADC Model Law on Eradicating Child Marriage and Protecting Children Already in Marriage (‘Model Law’ or ‘SADC Mode...
Words and Deeds: Sex Discrimination in Personal Status Laws
May 2, 2023
The 4th UN Conference on Women in 1995 was the birth of The Beijing Platform for Action, the most progressive blueprint ever ...
Regional Mapping and Assessment on the Enforcement of Laws on Ending Violence against Women and Girls
March 23, 2023
Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is prevalent in Africa, occurring in both public and private spheres during peacetime...