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AFRICAN WOMEN’S DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNICATION NETWORK (FEMNET) PROFILE

FEMNET, or the African Women’s Development and Communication Network, is a pan-African, feminist organisation working to advance the rights of women and girls since inception in  1988. FEMNET facilitates the sharing of information, ideas, strategies and experiences amongst its members who are in over 40 countries across Africa and the Diaspora. It has played a critical role in informing and mobilising African women to participate and influence policies and processes that affect their lives.

FEMNET was a founding member of SOAWR and is a steering committee member.

FEMNET, ou le Réseau de développement et de communication des femmes africaines, est une organisation féministe panafricaine qui œuvre à la promotion des droits des femmes et des filles depuis sa création en 1988. FEMNET facilite le partage d’informations, d’idées, de stratégies et d’expériences entre ses membres qui se trouvent dans plus de 40 pays d’Afrique et de la diaspora. Il a joué un rôle essentiel dans l’information et la mobilisation des femmes africaines pour qu’elles participent et influencent les politiques et les processus qui affectent leur vie.

FEMNET a été un membre fondateur de SOAWR et est membre du comité directeur.

 
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Tel: 254 20 2712971/2
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SOAWR’s Statement at the 85th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights

This statement by Alliances for Africa (Observer Status Number 235) on behalf of the SOAWR Coalition was prepared in Abuja, Nigeria, on 30th September 2025 and read at the 85th

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RAPPORT PARALLELE COMBINÉ (10e au 18e , 2006- 2024) AU RAPPORT PÉRIODIQUE DE L’ÉTAT TUNISIEN

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The Central African Republic has officially ratified the Maputo Protocol!

Following the SOAWR Coalition’s ratification and advocacy mission on the 25th of June 2025, the Government of the Central African Republic (CAR) deposited the instrument of ratification for the Maputo Protocol on the 29th of July 2025, making CAR the 46th African Union member state to do so.

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#MaputoAt22: Our Rights Are Non-Negotiable

Today, on 11 July 2025, we mark 22 years since the adoption of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in

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Solidarity for African Women's rights (SOAWR) is a coalition of over 70 civil society organisations across
the continent working to ensure that the Protocol to the African Charter on the Rights of Women in
Africa remains on the agenda of policy makers and to urge all African leaders to safeguard the rights
of women through ratification and implementation of the Protocol.

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