WUNRN
Via Equality Now
Call
for Articles for Special Pambazuka News Issue Commemorating 5th
Anniversary of the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa
November 25th is the 5th Anniversary of the entry into force of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa. Equality Now's Africa Regional Office would like to assist in coordinating the publication of a special issue of Pambazuka News to commemorate this event.
We
are interested in getting a range of articles or commentaries on the following
topics, as well as other appropriate ones:
* Given the existence of other international instruments
that address human rights and women rights, is the Protocol on the Rights of
Women in Africa significant? Why?
* Women's rights activists often assert that the Protocol is
an African instrument that takes into account African sociological
realities. How might we think through some of the contentious provisions
(i.e. harmful practices, sexual and reproductive rights, inheritance rights…)
and what the contention might tell us about human rights in Africa?
* Five years after the Protocol's entry into force, only 29 (Kenya being the
most recent) out of the 53 countries in the African Union have ratified
it. Why is there such a slow pace? How might civil society
contribute to the Protocol's universal ratification and implementation?
Submissions for the special Pambazuka
News issue should be a maximum of 3000 words and are due by 20 November
2010.
Please
contact Brenda Kombo - bkombo@equalitynow.org - for
further information.
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