On Making Promises to Women & Girls: It’s Time for Authentic Realization

Recent headlines have been bleak for women and girls in the developing world: the Islamic State runs a

Finance Her Future: Gender Responsive Budgeting

By Nyaguthii Wangui Maina* As the Third International Conference on Financing for Development drew to a close last

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By Nyaguthii Wangui Maina* July 10th 2015, marked an important day when feminists from around the globe converged

#African Lives Matter

It’s 8.57 pm on April 15th and I’m seated at the Vienna Cafe at the #UNHQ waiting patiently

Education Under Attack: #147NotJustaNumber #BringBackOurGirls

By Felogene Anumo “Getting a good education is my best bet out of poverty,” said a 16- year

Implement #MaputoProtocol NOW!

The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa

My North is the South

Today is Martin Luther King Jr’s Birthday Anniversary. Salud to each and all of you. My name is

Africa's Beijing+20 – CSO Position Statement

​African women have been at the forefront of shaping the global agenda for women’s rights from the 3rd

On Beijing+20 – How we must move forward

By Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda November is a month of collective local and global reflection about women’s rights, empowerment and equality

Review of Maputo Plan of Action

In 2006 the Special Session of African Union Health ministers adopted the Maputo Plan of Action for implementing

CHILD MARRIAGE: A Violation of Human Rights

KAMPALA CIVIL SOCIETY POSITION STATEMENT ON POST 2015

June 25th, 2014 We representatives of women’s rights, faith and community-based, civil society organizations, media and government from