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The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria (the Centre), in partnership with Rawadari, are pleased to invite you to a Panel Discussion on Enhancing Accountability for Gender Persecution: A Reflection on Africa’s Conceptualisation of Gender Persecution During Conflict and the Work of the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal for Women in Afghanistan.
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The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria cordially invite you to participate in the Validation Workshop on Advancing the Rights of Older Women in Africa, convened as part of the process towards developing a General Comment on Article 22 of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (Maputo Protocol).
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This year, the Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria (the Centre) commemorates the International Women’s Day in its 40th year of existence. For the women’s rights activists in the Centre, the mood is not so celebratory. Many are grappling with righteous rage. Following national and international news including current affairs leaves one at pains to choose where to direct one’s rage on any given day. Today, my righteous anger is targeted at the apparent impunity of men in power for the exploitation of women and girls as is evidenced in the Epstein files. Royalty, spiritual and wellness gurus, business and world leaders are implicated in maintaining communication and interactions with the convicted and sentenced sex offender even after his crimes had been exposed and successfully prosecuted.
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On 12th and 14th of November 2024, the Centre hosted two pivotal meetings in Windhoek, Namibia, focusing on advancing the country’s human rights landscape under the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (African Charter) and the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (Maputo Protocol). The two separate gatherings brought together civil society organisations (CSOs) and representatives of the State Reporting and Follow-up Inter-ministerial Committee of Namibia including representatives from the Ministry of Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare, the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Defence.
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The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, in collaboration with the government of Côte d’Ivoire, Ministry of Women, the Family and Children, hosted a Francophone Regional Training on State Party Reporting under the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (African Charter) and the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (Maputo Protocol). The training was held from 28 to 30 October 2024 in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The training brought together government and civil society representatives from Côte d’Ivoire, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Guinea Conakry, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Mali. The workshop highlighted the importance of state party reports in assessing the progress made by African nations in fulfilling their commitments to human rights, specifically concerning women's rights under the Maputo Protocol.
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On 17 October 2024, the Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria collaborated with other stakeholders to commemorate 25 years of the Office of the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women in Africa (Special Rapporteur). The event was hosted on the side-lines of the 81st Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights in Africa taking place in Banjul, the Gambia. The other partners of the event were IPAS and Equality Now.
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The Centre for Human Rights (CHR), in partnership with the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), hosted a Judicial Colloquium on Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) of women and girls in Nairobi, Kenya, on the 2nd and 3rd of July 2024. The event brought together judicial officers from Southern and Eastern African Countries.
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The Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria organized a webinar on 21 June 2024 to discuss and assess implementation of Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) in South Africa. The aim of the webinar was to assess CSE delivery in South Africa through Life Orientation (LO) subject in schools.
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We, the undersigned organizations, write regarding the ongoing developments relating to the repeal of the Sections of the landmark Women’s (Amendment) Act of 2015, which criminalizes Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the Gambia. We are deeply concerned that these developments threaten the protection of the human rights and dignity of women and girls in the country, as well as in the region.
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The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, seeks to recruit a Part Time Project Assistant to be embbed withing the Womens Rights Unit.
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Department : Womens Rights Unit
Duty Station : Pretoria, South Africa
Duration : 4 months
No. of positions: 1
Start Date : As soon as possible
