Gender Justice Campaign

Gender Forum in Dakar in March 2009 Evelyn Ankumah with Minister of Justice of Senegal and President Wade.

Brigid Inder, Navi Pillay, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights and H.E. Adama Dieng, during AFLA Gender Forum, The Hague, 2008

A group of women participating in AFLA's first conference on The Legal Profession and the Protection of Human Rights in Africa, Maastricht 1997

Although not a Women specific organization, AFLA has had a bias for Women’s rights since its inception not least because Women play a leadership role within the organization. The fact that gender inequality and marginalization of women still continues to affect laws, policies, practices and domestic relations worldwide, initiated AFLA’s Gender Justice Campaign in 2007.

The Gender Justice Campaign addresses undertreated areas of gender justice and expand the list of offenses that constitute gender crimes. Through this Campaign and its Gender Network Forum, AFLA cooperates with women advocates and networks throughout Africa and elsewhere. Gender perspectives are incorporated in all of AFLA’s activities.

Through an Interactive Gender Justice Website, AFLA is engaging women’s networks and broader publics in dialogue on the evolving regime of Gender Justice emphasizing the African perspective.