Challenges of Enforcing the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People's Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (the Maputo Protocol) and the UN Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) in Africa
A comparison of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People's Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (the Maputo Protocol) and the UN Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW); examining implementation challenges viz-a-viz the Africa Human Rights Protection Mechanisms, National Laws and African Customs and traditions.
Victoria Ijeoma Nwogu is the Rule of Law and Gender Advisor of the UNDP Access to Justice Programme in Sierra Leone. She has worked with the ILO and UNIFEM in Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Liberia prior to joining the UNDP Sierra Leone Country Programme. A lawyer with a Masters Degree in International Affairs and Diplomacy from the prestigous Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeria, Victoria has 10 years work experience in programming for non-profit organizations on human rights, with a special focus on human trafficking and migration, gender equality and women’s empowerment, disability rights and development. She has spent much of her professional life working on numerous initiatives to enhance the economic, social and legal status of Nigerian women and children. Victoria has conducted research on diverse human rights issues and contributed to various publications and conferences within the human rights community in Nigeria and abroad on gender and migration, human trafficking and women’s rights generally.
o A comparison of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People's Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (the Maputo Protocol) and the UN Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW); examining implementation challenges viz-a-viz the Africa Human Rights Protection Mechanisms, National Laws and African Customs and traditions.