WOMEN'S RIGHTS

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Grace, Tenacity and Eloquence
The struggle for women's rights in Africa
Souad Abdennebi-Abderrahim, Caroline Ageng'o, Jacqueline Asiimwe, Christine Butegwa, Faith Cheruiyot, Elize Delport, Aminata Dieye, Sokari Ekine, Liz Frank, Anne Gathumbi, Irungu Houghton, Ayesha Imam, Amie Joof-Cole, Anne Kithaka, Vanessa Ludwig, Khédija El Madani, Saudatu Mahdi, Monica Mbaru-Mwangi, Sarah Mukasa, Roselynn Musa, Gladys Mutukwa, Nikki Naylor, Janah Ncube, Sibongile Ndashe, Lindiwe Nkutha, Eve Odete, Mohau Pheko, Liepollo Lebohang Pheko, Delphine Serumaga, Yifat Susskind, Maryam Uwais, Lisa VeneKlasen, Emira Woods
These articles first appeared in the prize-winning weekly electronic newsletter, Pambazuka News. They provide students, activists and others with an easy-to-read introduction to the struggle for women's rights in Africa.

Vulgarisation du Protocole de l'Union Africaine sur les droits des femmes en Afrique
Le protocole d'avant-garde à la charte africaine des droits de l'homme et des peuples est entré en vigueur en 2005. Le protocole engage les états qui l'ont signé, à l'élimination de toutes les formes de discrimination à l'égard des femmes.

This title is also available in English


Breathing Life into the African Union Protocol on Women's Rights in Africa
Anne Atieno Amadi, Rita Anyumba, Elize Delport, Amie Joof-Cole, Ibrahima Kane, Karoline Kemp, Faiza Jama Mohammed, Sarah Mukasa, Roselynn Musa, Sibongile Ndashe, Mary Rusimbi, Rotimi Sankore, Loga Virahsawmy, Mary Wandia
The groundbreaking Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People's Rights on Women's Rights came into force in 2005. The protocol commits the states that sign it to eliminating all forms of discrimination against women.

This title is also available in French


At the Heart of Resistance
Made up of footage gathered in Zimbabwe, At The Heart of Resistance captures the spirit of a unique campaigning group – Women of Zimbabwe Arise – whose clarion call is 'The power of love can conquer the love of power'.

Gender, violence and conflict
Gender, Violence and Conflict has been produced for the Africa Programme of the University for Peace by Fahamu, with the aim of providing resources on these themes along with special reference to masculinities and war.

The Burden of Peace
Women Speak in the Aftermath of Kenya's Post-Election Crisis
Peace has returned to Kenya after the violence that erupted in the wake of the disputed elections in 2007. Yet for many of the country's women – killed or widowed, maimed and gang-raped, displaced and dispossessed – this is not their peace.

Speaking Truth to Power: Selected Pan-African Postcards
Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem
Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem's death on African Liberation Day stunned the Pan-African world. This selection of his Pan-African Postcards demonstrates the brilliant wordsmith he was, his commitment to Pan-Africanism and determination to speak truth to power.

Crossroads
The winner of the 2009 Radio for Peacebuilding Africa Awards, Crossroads is a six-episode serial radio drama exploring issues related to the African Union Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People's Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa.

La vérité aux puissants
Une sélection de cartes postales panafricaines
Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem
La mort prématurée du Dr Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem, le jour de la commémoration de la Libération de l'Afrique 2009, a frappé de stupeur le monde panafricain. Cette sélection de cartes postales panafricaines quel brillant orfèvre des mots il fut.