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By Mary Mwendwa Nairobi, Kenya: Adelaide Deda Abaidoo is a final year university student of Information Technology at the University of Cape Coast in Ghana. She is committed to empowering young girls in her County to get their voices heard and fight early marriages which is rampant in Northern Ghana.…

Improving Access to Healthcare in Africa Through Womens Innovation

Kenya is scheduled to host the 20th anniversary celebrations of the Maputo Protocol on the Rights of Women.

At least 40 African countries including Kenya have ratified the treaty on women rights.

What is the Maputo Protocol?  The Protocol to the African Charter on the Rights of Women in Africa, often referred to as the ‘Maputo Protocol’, was adopted by Heads of States in Maputo, Mozambique on 11 July 2003.

Two decades of the Maputo Protocol: Upholding rights of women and girls in Africa

Gender rights activists meeting in Nairobi have asked the African Union to ensure that the 11 member countries that are yet to ratify the Maputo Protocol do so. Speaking during the African Girls and Women Festival organized by the Africa `women’s Development and Communications Network (FEMNET) the women leaders said…

Madam Mme Bineta Diop, Special Envoy of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission on Women, Peace and Security, says the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre is the Centre of Excellence in Africa. "KAIPTC is the number one Centre of Excellence in Africa that is recognized by the African…

Dr Simon Peter Kayondo is an obstetrician-gynaecologist and Project Coordinator at the Association of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Uganda (AOGU). Within AOGU, he works on FIGO’s Advocating for Safe Abortion Project, and he is also a member of the East, Central and Southern Africa College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (ECSACOG) – FIGO Community of Practice. 

Cynthia Kpalete is a doctor in her final year of training and a sexual and reproductive health rights activist. She is pro-choice, passionate about youth organisations and a committed safe abortion advocate. She is a member of the network of young health professionals for safe abortion and the community of practice of the African Society of Gynaecology and Obstetrics (SAGO).