The African Women's Protocol
Subtitle: harnessing a potential force for positive change
By: Rosemary Semafumu Mukasa ; reviewed by Rose Gawaya and Alice Banze.
Contributors: Gawaya, Rose.; Banze, Alice.; Oxfam GB. Southern African Region.
Publisher: Fanele
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Auckland Park, South Africa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781920196080
Subjects: African Charter on Human and People's Rights -- (1981); Women's rights -- Africa, Southern; Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Africa, Southern
Description: On 25 November 2005, the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People's Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, also known as the African Women's Protocol, entered into force after receiving its 15th ratification. This Protocol explicitly sets forth the reproductive right of women to medical abortion when pregnancy results from rape or incest, calls for the legal prohibition of female genital mutilation, and prohibits the abuse of women in advertising and pornography. The Protocol sets forth a broad range of economic and social welfare rights of women.
Notes: "A study commissioned by Oxfam GB Southern African Region."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 316-320).