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Tag: Maputo Protocol

The Gendered Impact of Human Trafficking in Africa: Addressing the Vulnerability of Women and Girls

Post author By Rosette Umutoniwase
Post date 27. February 2026

Introduction Human Trafficking: A crime that shames us All.[1] Human trafficking remains one of the most pressing human rights violations in Africa, with women and girls facing the most severe…

Tags Border Controls, Gender Based Violence, Human Trafficking, Maputo Protocol, Palermo Protocol, Womens Rights

Symbols Without Substance? Interrogating the Potential of the African Union Convention on the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls

Post author By Adenike Akande
Post date 3. October 2025

Prelude to the AUCEVAWG UN Women reports that in 2023, approximately 51,100 women and girls worldwide were murdered by an intimate partner or family member.[1] The highest in any region,…

Tags African Union Convention on Ending Violence Against Women and Girls, CEDAW, Maputo Protocol, Violence against Women and Girls, women’s rights

Money wives: An overlooked crisis of child slavery

Post author By Janet Gbam
Post date 29. November 2024

Introduction ‘Stop! I am too young for this; I want to attend school and become a lawyer’. These were the heart-breaking words of Mabena, a 10-year-old girl from Cross River…

Tags CEDAW, Child Slavery, Maputo Protocol, Nigeria

Placing the Affected at the Centre of the Debate

Post author By Lina Sengupta
Post date 4. October 2024

Opinion Paper: Those affected must be placed at the centre of the debate in order to ensure the implementation of existing documents with existing resources, instead of constantly “bringing new…

Tags African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, Comparative law, Debate, ECthR, Maputo Protocol