Maputo Protocol scorecard & index: A stepping stone towards achieving women's rights
Africa has demonstrated commitment to promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women.
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Africa has demonstrated commitment to promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women.
The Maputo Protocol has contributed in shifting the trajectory on the promotion and protection of women’s human rights in Africa.
English News and Press Release on World about Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding; published on 09 Jun 2021 by AU
In 1996 ACCORD worked extensively with women in the Sudan in a three-phase project of conflict management training for Sudanese women conducted by UNIFEM, Ahfad University and ACCORD. Additionally, ACCORD was also involved in a UNIFEM sponsored training project with women from Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia and Djibouti. The women have become fully-fledged conflict resolution trainers in their own countries, for building capacity and African empowerment in the field of conflict resolution. ACCORD organised a South African study tour for Burundian and Rwandese Women Parliamentarians in July 1998. ...
Share on email As we enter the next decade of the women, peace and security agenda examining relevant research and focusing on the participation of women in peacebuilding efforts is important Introduction The year 2020 marked the 20 th anniversary of the unanimous adoption of the United Nations (UN) Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security; 25 years since the World Conference on Women in Beijing; and the conclusion of the African Women’s Decade. Since 2000, the UN has adopted 10 subsequent resolutions and several strategies under the normative framework of the women, p...