Litigating the Maputo Protocol

Litigating the Maputo Protocol is a compendium of strategies and approaches for defending the rights of women and girls in Africa as part of a multi-year assessment of the impact of the training undertaken by Equality Now.

It partners to equip lawyers with the necessary knowledge, skills and expertise to apply the Maputo Protocol in litigating the rights of women and girls in national, regional and continental courts. As a result, this publication exemplifies the effectiveness of litigation as a strategy to ensure that the rights enshrined in the Maputo Protocol translate to actual benefits for women and girls in Africa.

In addition, it demonstrates the increased capacity of the lawyers trained to analyse the status of women and girls’ rights in their countries through the lens of the Maputo Protocol. The contributors to this publication are, thus, scholar-activists in their own right, who have used their experiences from women’s rights protection to provide critical analysis of the law based on their experience fighting for the rights of women and girls in their own contexts.