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Title Women in post-conflict societies in Africa : seminar report / rapporteurs, Lee Stone and Mireille Affa'a Mindzie
Published Cape Town : Centre for Conflict Resolution, [2007?]

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Description 1 online resource (64 pages) : illustrations
Series Policy seminar report ; 20
Seminar report (University of Cape Town. Centre for Conflict Resolution) ; 20
Contents Introduction. Objectives -- Background -- Seminar themes and debates. Overview of the African Union Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa -- The African Union conventional mechanisms for monitoring women's rights -- Civil society perspectives on implementing the AU Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa -- The Protocol on the Rights of Women and peacebuilding in Africa -- Opportunities and challenges for implementing the AU Protocol on the Rights of Women in post-conflict situations -- Strategies for strengthening women's rights in emerging post-conflict countries in Africa -- Conclusion and recommendations
Summary A critical component of the Women's Protocol (the 2003 Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa) is its focus on the protection of women and girls in situations of armed conflict and postconflict reconstruction processes. This seminar report identifies concrete avenues through which the Protocol can be used effectively to engender reconstruction and peace processes in African societies emerging from conflict
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Subject Women's rights -- Africa -- Congresses
Women and war -- Africa -- Congresses
Women and peace -- Africa -- Congresses
Peace-building -- Africa -- Congresses
Peace-building.
Women and peace.
Women and war.
Women's rights.
Africa.
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings.
Form Electronic book
Author Stone, Lee.
Affa'a Mindzie, Mireille.
University of Cape Town. Centre for Conflict Resolution.
United Nations Development Fund for Women