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Accepted Paper:
Two Decades of the Maputo Protocol: An Assessment of Progress made in its Implementation
Fabio Andres Diaz Pabon
(University of Cape Town Rhodes University)
Abena Oduro
(MIASA University of Ghana)
The Maputo protocol notes that ‘…women in Africa still continue to be victims of discrimination and harmful practices". This paper describes which countries have translated the Maputo Protocol into advances of gender rights in the continent.
Paper long abstract:
The preamble of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (henceforth referred to as the Maputo Protocol) notes that despite the ratification by African countries of the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights and other international human rights instruments, ‘…women in Africa still continue to be victims of discrimination and harmful practices". July 2023 marked the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Maputo Protocol by African Heads of State and Government; however, Africa has made slow progress in in improving gender equality.
This paper describes which countries have translated the Maputo Protocol into national laws in the domains of 1. economic and social welfare rights, 2. rights related to child marriage and 3. special protection for women with disabilities. For this, it describes countries by using an index that measures how comprehensively national laws have enacted mandates that provide protection to women’s rights.