Category: Women’s rights
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Advancing Women’s Access to Justice in Uganda: The FATE Project and the Road Ahead
Across Uganda, the promise of justice remains unevenly realized. Despite a robust legal framework and ongoing reforms, many women and girls still struggle to claim their rights in practice. Structural inequalities, entrenched social norms, and gaps between policy and implementation continue to limit access to justice, leaving survivors of violence and marginalized groups without effective…
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BREAK THE BARRIERS, SECURE HER JUSTICE – National Conference on Access to Justice for Women in Uganda
After four years of dedicated work to bridge the justice gap for women and girls in Uganda, Avocats Sans Frontières (ASF) and partners are proud to host a National Conference on Women’s Access to Justice. The event will bring together state and non-state actors to reflect on progress, share lessons learned, and chart a sustainable…
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The Central African Republic – Protecting human rights defenders
ASF and its partners in the Central African Republic are supporting women human rights defenders in order to enable them to offer appropriate support and quality services to people in vulnerable situations in their needs for justice and guidance.
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Tunisia: People in migration threatened by the rise of discriminatory rhetoric and policies
Because of its geographical position and proximity to the European coast, Tunisia has long been considered a major transit country for sub-Saharan migrants. However, heightened security measures and the militarization of the European Union’s borders, as well as border outsourcing policies, have meant that Tunisia has become a country of settlement for many people in…
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ExPEERience Talk #9 – Using digital to support victims and promote justice: the Back-up project of We are NOT Weapons of War
For this 9th ExPEERience Talk, we are delighted to welcome Céline Bardet, founder of the organisation We are NOT Weapons of War (WWOW) whose mandate is to fight sexual violence in conflicts, in particular against rape as a weapon of war. She will talk about the importance, in the face of these issues, of support…
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Witchcraft representations and judicial treatment of the offence of Charlatanism and Witchcraft Practices in the Central African Republic
In the Central African Republic (CAR), witchcraft is omnipresent: it dominates and shapes the daily life of the population, mainly in rural areas. Witchcraft representations, which are an integral part of Central African customs and practices, provide an explanatory framework for all life events: death, illness, accidents, professional or academic failures, etc. The successive crises…