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Blazing a Trail: The African Protocol on Women’s Rights Comes into Force

Banda, Fareda

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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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Banda, F. (2006). Blazing a Trail: The African Protocol on Women’s Rights Comes into Force. Journal of African Law, 50(1), 72-84. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021855306000076

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Jan 1, 2006
Deposit Date Nov 2, 2015
Journal Journal of African Law
Print ISSN 0021-8553
Electronic ISSN 1464-3731
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 50
Issue 1
Pages 72-84
DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021855306000076



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