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Women and Law in Southern Africa Research and Educational Trust

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Sustainable Development

Major group affiliation:
  • Children and youth
  • Local authorities
  • Women
  • Non-governmental organization
Involvement in UN Partnerships: Yes
If yes, explain in detail: We partner with UNIFEM Southern Africa in their campaign against Gender Based Violence, Human Trafficking, we are part of the UNDP Regional programme that is starting, we have worked with UNAIDS in our work around Gender, HIV/AIDS and the Law. We work with UNICEF around the issues of Children's rights. In all these areas with have cooperated with all these UN bodies and generally with regards to advocacy and lobbying of implementation of regional, subregional and international instruments with regards to women and children's rights.
Affiliation with other organizations: Members of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts for UNECA, members of SADC Parliamentary Forum, SADC Gender Unit, WiLDAF, SOAWR, Equality Now, FEMNET and the SADC Protocol Alliance, Women Wont Wait Campaign Against Gender Based Violence, AMANITARE
Publications: Maintenance Law (1990 – 1991) Inheritance Law (1992 – 1993) The Legal Status of Women in the Family (1994 – 1996) The Administration of Justice; Delivery Problems and Constraints (1997 – 2001) HIV/AIDS, Gender and the Law: Challenges for Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Rights (2004 – 2006) Lobola Monogram (2002) A Critical Analysis of Women's Access to Land (2001)

Advancement of Women

Affiliation with other organizations: Members of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts for UNECA, members of SADC Parliamentary Forum, SADC Gender Unit, WiLDAF, SOAWR, Equality Now, FEMNET and the SADC Protocol Alliance, Women Wont Wait Campaign Against Gender Based Violence, AMANITARE
Publications: Maintenance Law (1990 – 1991) Inheritance Law (1992 – 1993) The Legal Status of Women in the Family (1994 – 1996) The Administration of Justice; Delivery Problems and Constraints (1997 – 2001) HIV/AIDS, Gender and the Law: Challenges for Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Rights (2004 – 2006) Lobola Monogram (2002) A Critical Analysis of Women's Access to Land (2001)
Statements or documents submitted
to the Commission on the Status of Women: 		Shadow reports, Political Statements to the CSW Sessions over the years, as part of the AFrican Caucus and FEMNET we did the Africa Shadow Report on the Beijing +15 REview, Monitoring Government Reports to the Committee
Statements or documents submitted
to the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women: 		Over the years we have submitted according to our researches the political, social economic status of women in Southern Africa as researched, legal situation of women in the family, this is to do the Justice Delivery of Women, Inheritance, Maintenance
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