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Momodou
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 Posted - 28 Nov 2006 : 12:00:01
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Women's Protocol: A New Dawn for African Women
By Modou Nyang
The entry in to force of the AU Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa heralds a new dawn in the lives of African women, the African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies ACDHRS, said. In a media briefing in commemoration of the 1st anniversary of the entering in to force of the protocol of the African Charter on the Rights of Women in Africa at it's headquarters in Kerr Sereign, the ACDHRS indicated that the protocol enforces the realisation of women's rights in Africa disregarding gender stereotypes and other forms of discrimination against women.
Mrs. Hannah Forster the Executive Director of the African Centre in her speech said governments should put in place laws that are enshrined in the protocol, noting that it is a big challenge to ensure ratification and domestication; adding that women and men should be able to live in harmony.
Commissioner Angelo Melo special rapporteur on the rights of women in Africa in a statement said that African women now have a legal instrument to claim for justice.
The Gambia ratified the protocol in September 2005 with reservations but with the engagement of civil society groups in the dissemination of its contents, the reservations were withdrawn in May this year. However 20 countries out of the 53 member states of the African Union have ratified the protocol that took effect on 25th November last year.
The commemoration of the coming into force of the Women's protocol coincides with the commencement of the 16days activism against gender-based violence, which will run to the 10th of next month.
Source: Foroyaa Newspaper Burning Issue
Issue No.104/2006, 27-28 November, 2006
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