Africa: Pressure group calls on AU to ratify women\'s rights laws

A pressure group has accused African leaders of showing "indifference" to the plight of women, saying African women continued to suffer because laws put before the African Union (AU) a year ago to protect them had not been ratified. "African leaders continue to pay lip service to the rights of women," said Faiza Jama Mohamed of Equality Now, a member of the group, which also includes Oxfam, the Centre for Research, Education and Development, Fahamu and the African Women's Development and Communication Network FEMNET.