July 2010 Blog Posts (6)

African Union directly commends SOAWR for assisting delivery of the Uganda ratification

Dear All,

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…

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Added by Irungu Houghton on July 29, 2010 at 15:14 — No Comments

Uganda Ratifies the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa

Press Release - Uganda Ratification of Maputo Protocol.doc

Uganda hands…

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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…

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Added by Asim Malik on July 22, 2010 at 12:26 — No Comments

News alert: Uganda ratifies the AU Protocol on the Rights of Women

Congratulations to Akina Mama wa Afrika and Uganda coalition members and

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

http://tiny.cc/aqt9q - this links takes you to the campaign f'book site. It is also worth sharing the good news that yesterday, 30th June 2010 an important milestone was achieved with the

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