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The Africa Women’s Protocol
A tool to mobilise resources for financing gender equality and women’s empowerment
The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (Africa Women’s Protocol) was adopted on 11 July 2003 during the second ordinary Heads of State and Government of the African Union Summit held in Maputo, Mozambique. The Protocol entered into force after it received the necessary 15 State Party ratifications on 25 November 2005.
The Protocol provides a continental legal framework for addressing the issues of gender inequality and the underlying aspects of society’s arrangement that perpetuate women’s subordination and contribute to their marginalisation and their occupation of the lower strata in all spheres of life.
This series of programme insights papers highlights some of the work undertaken by Oxfam GB’s partners in Southern Africa to popularise and lobby for the ratification, domestication, and implementation of the Africa Women’s Protocol.
Integrating the Africa Women’s Protocol in the Zambia National Legal Policy and Processes: Example from WLSA (PDF)
This paper highlights some of the key challenges and successes encountered by women’s-rights organisations such as Women and Law in Southern Africa (WLSA – based in Lusaka, Zambia) that are related to drafting, popularising, domesticating, and implementing the Africa Women’s Protocol.
Popularising the Africa Women’s Protocol: The Experience of Malawi (PDF)
This paper highlights some of the work supported by Oxfam GB Southern Africa to popularise and lobby for the ratification, domestication, and implementation of the Africa Women’s Protocol in Malawi.
Monitoring the Implementation of Women's Human- Rights Instruments: The case of the Africa Gender Monitor (PDF)
This paper illustrates the efforts of women's-rights organisations to monitor the domestication and implementation of women's human-rights instruments such as the Africa Women's Protocol in Africa, using the example of the Africa Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment Monitor (known as the Africa Gender Monitor or AGM).
Popularising and Implementing the Africa Women’s Protocol in Mozambique and South Africa (PDF)
This paper highlights some of the work supported by Oxfam GB Southern Africa to popularise and lobby for the ratification, domestication, and implementation of the Africa Women’s Protocol in South Africa and Mozambique.
Power Analysis of Regional Bodies for the Effective Implementation of the Africa Women’s Protocol (PDF)
Oxfam GB Southern Africa commissioned a power analysis to identify key actors necessary to support efforts aimed at the ratification, domestication, and implementation of the Africa Women’s Protocol and the Abuja Declaration on Health (including HIV and AIDS). The power analysis contains a strategic analysis of key targets in the African Union and other inter-governmental organisations.
Policy Research on the African Women’s Protocol (PDF)
Overview of the research methodology applied to the Programme Insights Papers.
