The internet is a vast and fast growing resource and, together with new technologies, it provides new opportunities for children and young people when it comes to education and skills develop…
This report on access to justice for rape survivors examines the context of conflict in Nepal and how it has perpetuated different forms of violence. It further analyses the legal framework and res…
In 2011 AWDF formulated a new five-year Strategic Plan to cover the years 2011-2015. In the same year Comic Relief (CR) supported AWDF with a devolved grant to the tune of £2,000,000 in April 20…
The Maputo Protocol is an African human rights instrument that seeks to protect African women and girls from the negative effects of cultural woes. Hence, this Protocol has been hailed as an Africa…
Ghanaian women’s agitations for economic justice have been a marked feature of their activism since pre-independence nationalist struggles, including the trade blockades of 1917 and 1918. Marke…
Accountability is a vital human rights principle to address preventable maternal morbidity and mortality in Uganda. The continuous use of ‘accountability’ as a term without elaborating on it …
Female genital mutilation (FGM), sometimes referred to as female circumcision or female genital cutting, isa harmful cultural practice without any known health benefit. Its short-term and long-term…