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July 2010 Blog Posts (6)
African Union directly commends SOAWR for assisting delivery of the Uganda ratification
On behalf of H.E. the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, I wish to take this opportunity to thank and congratulate SOAWR and all NGO networks in Uganda, who worked for many months and round the clock at the Kampala Summit for the ratification of the Women’s Protocol last week. We thank you all and particularly SOAWR, whose active advocacy and leadership in this process is appreciated.
Special thanks go to the… Continue
Added by Irungu Houghton on July 30, 2010 at 14:20 — No Comments
No Woman Should Die Giving Life, No Man Should Watch Women Die!
No Woman Should Die Giving Life, No Man Should Watch Women Die!
By Irungu Houghton
When the East African caravan set out for Kampala from Nairobi on July…
ContinueAdded by Irungu Houghton on July 29, 2010 at 15:14 — No Comments
Uganda Ratifies the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa
Added by Mary Wandia on July 29, 2010 at 10:30 — No Comments
Q&A: Maryam's Mission
In 2009, the Taliban destroyed 10 girls' schools in the tribal district of Dir in Northwest Pakistan - schools which Maryam Bibi's charity, Khwendo Kor, had helped to build.
Now she and her supporters are risking their lives by working to rebuild them, organising tents as temporary…
ContinueAdded by Asim Malik on July 22, 2010 at 12:26 — No Comments
News alert: Uganda ratifies the AU Protocol on the Rights of Women
other SOAWR members (Equality Now, FEMNET, WOLPNET, WRAPA) who have
tirelessly engaged in ensuring that Uganda ratify the Protocol. Uganda
becomes the 28th AU member state to ratify the Protocol. This is wonderful news and is the result of a huge amount of very hard work by many people and organisations.
In the photo, the Ugandan Ambassador in charge of the AU Department at the Ministry of Foreign… Continue
Added by johncropper on July 22, 2010 at 10:00 — No Comments
Join the Nigeria facebook campaign against gender violence and a landmark first reading of the GBV Bill
GBV Bill. The GBV Bill titled Violence Against Persons (Prohibition)
Bill 2010 went through its first reading at the House of
Representatives.
As you may know, the Nigerian RHV Project is coordinating the Legislative Advocacy Coalition on Violence… Continue
Added by johncropper on July 1, 2010 at 12:04 — No Comments
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