THE Nigerian government and governments of other African countries have been charged to prioritise the lives and wellbeing of women and girls by domesticating the Maputo protocol. The Maputo protocol ...

The Maputo Protocol, officially called the “Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa”, was adopted by the African Union (AU) in Maputo, Mozambique ...

On 11 July 2003, the Protocol to the African Charter on the Rights of Women in Africa was adopted in Maputo, Mozambique, thereby becoming known as the Maputo Protocol. To celebrate two decades of the ...

The landmark Maputo protocol has led to huge gains in women’s rights, from abortion access to equal pay. But to go further will require political will and action Signed 20 years ago, in the Mozambique ...

‘Maputo protocol’ was an African legal instrument that protects the lives of women. A non-profit organisation (BAOBAB) for Women's Human Rights, has called for the protection and promotion of the ...