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BLAZING A TRAIL: THE AFRICAN PROTOCOL ON WOMEN'S RIGHTS COMES INTO FORCE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 May 2006

FAREDA BANDA
FAREDA BANDA
Affiliation:
School of Oriental and African Studies, London WC1H 0XG. Email: fb9@soas.ac.uk
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Abstract

The entry into force of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, 2003 on 25 November, 2005, marked the culmination of years of lobbying for a document which would promote and protect the human rights of the continent's women by African women's rights advocates. This commentary provides a brief historical overview of the process leading up to the adoption of the Protocol by the African Union in Maputo in July 2003 before moving on to consider its substantive provisions.

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Journal of African Law , Volume 50 , Issue 1 , April 2006 , pp. 72 - 84
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© 2006 School of Oriental and African Studies

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