Uganda became the 24th country to ratify the “Maputo Protocol” to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa. The protocol was adopted by the Heads of State and Government at a session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) convened in Maputo on July 11, 2003. Uganda signed the protocol in 2004 and this year ratified it.
The other state parties are Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Comoros, Djibouti, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Libya, Lesotho, Liberia, Mali, Malawi, Mozambique, Mauritania, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Senegal, Seychelles, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Among other measures, the Maputo Protocol calls for the prohibition of female genital mutilation (FGM). Click here to see the Maputo Protocol.
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