NGOs and civil society
  Protocol on the rights of women in Africa

ABANTU for Development

ABANTU's mission is to empower African people, particularly women, to participate at local, national, regional and international levels in making decisions that affect their lives enabling action for change. ABANTU strives to eradicate the cultural, legal and political obstacles to women attaining economic independence and equality before the law. It aims to ensure the advancement of women's interests that will benefit the entire community. Offices in the Kenya, Tanzania and the UK.

African Gender Institute
Located at the University of Cape Town, AFI its a resource dedicated to strengthening and advancing the work of intellectuals, researchers, policy-makers and practitioners committed to the attainment of gender equity. South Africa.

African Women's Media Center (AWMC)
The AWMC works with women's media networks, media associations, NGOs, media companies and individuals in Africa. The Center offers a wide range of programs for women journalists throughout Africa, including training workshops and seminars, networking opportunities to share experiences and a clearinghouse of information on fellowship, scholarship and exchange opportunities in Africa.

Agenda
Agenda is a quarterly journal published since 1987 by a women's media project in South Africa.

Association of African Women Scholars - AAWS
Worldwide organization dedicated to promoting and encouraging scholarship on African women in African Studies, forging intellectual links and networks with scholars, activists, students, and policy makers inside and outside Africa.

Commission for Gender Equality
Independent state institution that adopts an approach to human resources and institutional development and promotes gendered best practices at work, which are in compliance with labour and equality legislation. South Africa.

Fahamu
Fahamu is committed to supporting progressive social change in the South through information and communication technologies. UK.

Flame: African Sisters OnLine
Flame is a network of African women committed to strengthening the capacity of women through the use of ICTs to lobby, advocate and participate in the Beijing +5 process regionally and globally.

Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET)
WOUGNET is a non-governmental organisation initiated in May 2000 by several women's organisations in Uganda to develop the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) among women as tools to share information and address issues collectively.


In depth reports
Detailed reports on key issues.
Cairo +10 - ICPD +10
Ten years on from the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), the review of the Programme of Action took place amidst a debate on the defence of sexual and reproductive rights.
Beijing +10: Conference on Women review
This global process was held in 2005 to review the implementation of the Platform for Action signed at the UN 4th World Conference on Women, in Beijing 1995.
The gender gap in education
Countries aren't fulfilling their commitment to getting girls and women into school.
Sexual and reproductive rights
Women’s involvement in contributing to expand the scope of the concept of human rights.
Women for peace
Women around the world reject the militarist tendency in global politics and demand a voice in peace processes.

Choike is a project of the Third World Institute supported by Hivos and the Mott Foundation
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