Norah Matovu Winyi

On 25 November 2010 members of the Solidarity for Women’s Rights in Africa Coalition (SOAWR Coalition) in collaboration with the African Union (AU) will commemorate five years since the adoption of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (

In September 1995 the United Nations convened the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, China.

It is more than five years since the Protocol to the Africa Charter on Human and People’s Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (hereinafter referred to as the Africa Women’s Rights Protocol) was adopted.