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Sudan called upon to ratify the Protocol on Rights of Women in Africa/Appel au Soudan pour la ratification du Protocole sur les Droits des Femmes en Afrique.


Sudanese Civil society organizations should join the campaign on the ratification and domestication domestication

Process of hereditary reorganization of wild animals and plants into forms more accommodating to the interests of people. In its strictest sense, it refers to the initial stage of human mastery of wild animals and plants.
 of the African Union Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa (Protocol). This call was made by H.E Mrs Julia Dolly Joiner Julia Dolly Joiner (November 11, 1956 Banjul, Gambia) is a Gambian politician. She is Commissioner of Political Affairs for the African Union, based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. , Commissioner for Political Affairs, Commission of the African Union (AU) as she gave her keynote address at the opening of a Symposium on the AU Protocol held in Khartoum, Sudan on January 21, 2006. The Symposium was one of the civil society activities organized around the AU Summit that took place from January 17-24, 2006 in the same city.

Speaking on the Protocol, H.E Mrs. Joiner noted that African governments had made a commitment to protect human rights and gender equality by their adoption of such political agreements as the 1963 Charter of the Organization of the African Union (OAU OAU
abbr.
Organization of African Unity

OAU n abbr (= Organization of African Unity) → OUA f

OAU n abbr (= Organization of African Unity
), 1986 African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (also known as the Banjul Charter) is an international human rights instrument that seeks to promote and protect human rights and basic freedoms in the African continent.  (ACHPR ACHPR African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights ) and the 2001 Constitutive Act of the African Union The Constitutive Act of the African Union sets out the codified framework under which the African Union is to conduct itself. It was signed on 11 July 2000 at Lomé, Togo. See also
  • Sirte Declaration, 9 September 1999, resolving to create the African Union.
 (AU). She placed the history of the Protocol within this context. The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR  initiated work on the Protocol at its 17th Session in 1995 after non-governmental organizations expressed concern about the abuses of women's rights on the continent. In 1995, the OAU Assembly endorsed a recommendation by the ACHPR on the elaboration of such a Protocol. The process was accelerated by the appointment of a Special Rapporteur on Women's Rights. The Protocol was eventually adopted in Maputo in July 2003 and entered into force on November 25, 2005, thirty days after the deposit of the fifteenth instrument of ratification. 17 countries have so far ratified the Protocol including Benin, Cape Verde, Comoros, Djibouti, The Gambia, Libya, Lesotho, Mali, Malawi, Mozambique, Mauritania, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Senegal and Toga.

"The Protocol, like the African Charter, takes into consideration African values, supplements the substantive provisions of the African Charter and even goes beyond the provisions of the Charter. It is a legally binding instrument and a vital lobbying tool for the protection and promotion of women's rights", said Mrs. Joiner. She pointed out that the task now ahead for women's organizations is to combine efforts towards the ultimate goal of translating ideals to reality. "The entry into force of the Protocol is not an end in itself--it is a part of a process which started with the drafting of the Protocol and will not end until appropriate policy and legislative measures are put in place by the 53 member states of the African Union, to translate the provisions of the Protocol into practice at regional, national and community levels", she continued.

She noted that the Africa was faced with enormous challenges to the realization of women's rights, including high illiteracy rate among women, harmful traditional practices such as female genital mutilation female genital mutilation: see circumcision. , rape, child trafficking, poverty, conflicts, early marriage of girls, high population of women refugees, violence against women, discrimination against women (including elderly women, women with disabilities, and women in conflict situations). The full and effective participation of women in politics, government and the management of public affairs, as well as in business also remains a key challenge.

She further stressed the need for human rights education in order for women to exercise their rights, saying, "The implementation of human rights of women should include dissemination of women's human rights instruments and mechanisms through human rights education in the formal as well as the informal educational system". Positive developments in gender equality on the continent should also be built upon such as women's participation in decision-making positions, exemplified by the high percentage of women in government in countries like South Africa, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania, and the elected first African female president in Liberia.

The AU Commissioner ended her keynote address by appealing to African governments, particularly the government of Sudan, to ratify the Protocol in order to offer the Sudanese women the opportunity to enjoy the rights enshrined in the Protocol.

Summary of H.E. Mrs Julia Dolly Joiner's speech by

Les organisations de la Societe Civile au Soudan devraient se joindre a la campagne sur la ratification et l'appropriation du Protocole de I'Union Africaine sur les Drots de la femme en Attique (Protocole). Cet appel ap·pel  
n. Sports
A quick stamp of the foot used in fencing as a feint to produce an opening.



[French, from appeler, to call, from Old French apeler, to appeal; see
 a ete lance par son Excellence Mme Julia Dolly Joiner, Commissaire Commissaire may refer to:
  • Commissaire (cycling), an official in competitive cycle sport, analogulous to a referee or judge
  • The French word for commissioner
 des Affaires Politiques, Commission de l'Union Africaine (UA) lors de son discours a l'ouverture du Symposium sur le Protocole de I'UA tenu a Khartoum au Soudan le 21 janvier 2006. Le Symposium faisait partie des activites de la Societe civile organisees autour du Sommet de l'UA qui a eu lieu du 17 au 24 janvier dans la meme ville.

Lors de son discours sur le Protocole, son Excellence Mme Joiner a note que les gouvernements africains avaient fait un engagement de proteger les droits humains et l'egalite des genres par l'adoption des accords politiques, en l'occurrence la Charte de l'Organisation de l'Union Africaine (OUA) en 1963, la Charte Africaine de 1986 sur les Droits de la Personne et des Peuples (CADPP) et l'Acte Constitutif de 2001 de l'Union Africaine (AU). Elle a place l'histoire du Protocole dans ce contexte. La Commission Africaine sur les droits de la personne et des peuples avait initie le travail TRAVAIL. The act of child-bearing.
     2. A woman is said to be in her travail from the time the pains of child-bearing commence until her delivery. 5 Pick. 63; 6 Greenl. R. 460.
     3.
 sur le Protocole lors de sa 17 eme Session en 1995 apres que les organisations nongouvernementales aient exprime leurs preoccupations sur les abus des droits des femmes au sein du continent. En 1995, l'Assemblee de l'OUA avait endosse la recommandation de la CADPP pour l'elaboration dudit Protocole. Ce processus a ete accelere par la nomination d'un Rapporteur rap·por·teur  
n.
One who is designated to give a report, as at a meeting.



[Middle English raportour, judge, from Old French raporteur, from raporter, to bring back
 Special sur les Droits de la Femme. Le Protocole a ete finalement adopte a Maputo en juillet 2003 d'ou son entree en vigueur le 25 novembre 2005, trente jours apres le depot du quinzieme instrument de la ratification. 17 pays ont deja ratifie ce Protocole a savoir le Benin, le Cap Vert, les Comores, le Djibouti, la Gambie, la Libye, le Lesotho, le Mail, le Malawi, le Mozambique, la Mauritanie, la Namibie, le Nigeria, le Rwanda, l'Afrique du Sud, le Senegal et le Togo.

"Le Protocole, a l'instar de la Charte Africaine, tient compte des valeurs africaines, complete les dispositions substantives de la Charte Africaine et va meme au-dela des dispositions de la Charte. C'est un instrument juridique et un outil vital de Iobbying pour la protection des droits de la femme.", a dit DIT

di-iodotyrosine.
 Mme Joiner. Elle a souligne que la tache tache (tahsh) [Fr.] a spot or blemish.tachet´ic

tache blanche  (blahnsh) a white spot on the liver in certain infectious diseases.
 des organisations des femmes revenait maintenant a la combinaison des efforts vers vers
abbr.
versed sine
 le but ultime Ul´time   

a. 1. Ultimate; final.
 de concretiser ces ideaux. "L'entree en vigueur du present Protocole ne represente pas une finalite en soi--elle fait partie d'un processus qui a demarre avec la redaction See redact.  du projet de Protocole et ne pourra pas s'arreter avant qu'une politique et des mesures legislatives adequates ne soient mises en place par les 53 Etats membres de l'Union Africaine, afin de mettre en pratique pra·tique  
n.
Clearance granted to a ship to proceed into port after compliance with health regulations or quarantine.



[French, from Old French practique, from Medieval Latin
 les dispositions du protocole aux niveaux regional, national, et communautaire", a-t-elle poursuivi.

Elle a note que l'Afrique etait confrontee a de nombreux defis pour la realisation des droits des femmes, y compris le taux eleve d'analphabetisme, les pratiques traditionnels nuisibles a l'instar de la mutilation Mutilation
See also Brutality, Cruelty.

Mutiny (See REBELLION.)

Absyrtus

hacked to death; body pieces strewn about. [Gk. Myth.: Walsh Classical, 3]

Agatha, St.

had breasts cut off. [Christian Hagiog.
 genitale feminine, le viol viol, family of bowed stringed instruments, the most important ensemble instruments from the 15th to the 17th cent. The viol's early history is indefinite, but it is recognizable in depictions from as early as the 11th cent. During the second half of the 17th cent. , le trafic des enfants, les mariages des filles a l'age de puberte, le taux eleve de la population des femmes refugiees, la violence et la discrimination contre la femme, les femmes handicapees (y compris les vieilles femmes, les femmes handicapees, les femmes en situation de conflits). La participation totale et effective des femmes en politique, au gouvernement et a la gestion des affaires publiques ainsi qu'a d'autres affaires constituent toujours un defi majeur.

En outre ou·tré  
adj.
Highly unconventional; eccentric or bizarre: "outré and affected stage antics" Michael Heaton.
, elle a souligne l'importance d'une education sur les droits humains en vue d'habiliter les femmes a exercer leurs droits, en disant, "la mise en oeuvre des droits de la femme devrait inclure la diffusion des instruments et des mecanismes des droits des femmes grace a l'education dans le systeme educationnel formel et informel". Les developpements positifs dans le cadre de l'egalite du genre devraient nous servir de base et plus specialement la participation des femmes a la prise des decisions demontree par un pourcentage plus eleve de femmes au gouvernement dans les pays comme l'Afrique du Sud, le Rwanda, le Burundi, la Tanzanie et l'election de la premiere femme au poste de President au Liberia.

Le commissaire de l'UA a termine son discours en lancant un appel aux gouvernements africains et plus specifiquement au gouvernement du Soudan pour la ratification du Protocole en vue d'offrir aux femmes soudanaises l'opportunite de beneficier des droits garantis par le Protocole.
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