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Short Summary
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| Title |
From Beijing to Addis Ababa: What Progress for
African Women? |
| Author |
Adjamagbo-Johnson, K. |
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September 2004 |
| Publisher |
Pambazuka |
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Short Summary |
How far has Africa moved towards fulfilling the
goals set out in the Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA)? This paper
sets out some priority areas of the BPfA including health, education,
involvement in public decision-making structures, armed conflict and
eliminating violence against women. Despite almost all African countries
having ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), with some countries adding human
rights to their constitution, women's disdvantage persists both within
families and in the wider community. Access to education continues
to be unequal; family headship and inheritance rights are still retained
by men; violence against women and an increased threat of HIV infection
are not being addressed; and women's ability to assert their human
rights continues to be curtailed. A lack of political will is cited
as a key concern, with women's rights to equal representation in government
being a right only in theory. With the strength of women's lobbying
and collective action having increased in the post-Beijing period,
some progress has been achieved, including the adoption of the Protocol
to the African Charter of Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights
of Women. |
| Complete Document |
 http://www.pambazuka.org/index.php?id=24944
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