Sweddknowlege plateforme 20 août, 2026

Regional Workshop Dignostic legal frameworks

action perspectives for the regional platform
Advocacy for an :
Optimal harmonization of national legislation with the provisions of ratified international conventions (CEDAW and Maputo)
Mobilization of resources necessary for the implementation of country action plans
Mobilization of the private sector on the specific needs of women for economic empowerment projects
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Progress made by countries
Good progress is being made in all SWEDD countries:
Existence of strategic documents for the empowerment of women and girls
Improvement of the institutional framework for the promotion and protection of women's rights and the fight against GBV
Adoption of legal texts to reinforce women's fundamental rights
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some examples of laws adopted in the countries

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{B301B821-A1FF-4177-AEE7-76D212191A09}Reproductive Health Act
law against gender-based violence
law for the equality of men and women
Law n°2017-025 of November 15, 2017 (Mauritania)
Law No. 2016/007 of July 12, 2016 repressing sexual harassment and increasing the penalty if the victim is a minor or if the perpetrator is responsible for the victim's education (Cameroon)
Law n°12/PR/2018 Instituting parity in elective and nominative offices in Chad
Law n°2006-16 (Niger)
Law No. 2021-11 of October 20, 2021 on special measures for the repression of offenses committed on the basis of gender and for the protection of women (Benin)
Law n°003-2020/an of January 22, 2020 on the establishment of quotas and modalities for the positioning of candidates for legislative and municipal elections in Burkina Faso
BENEFITS OF COUNTRIES' adoption of legal texts

Increasing contraceptive use in countries
Niger, for example, increased from 11.1 in 2012 to 15.6 in 2019 (SWEDD1)
Increase in girls' enrollment in countries
The average net secondary school enrollment rate for girls in SWEDD countries increased from 19% to 28.4% between 2015-2020 (SWEDD1)

Improved representation of women in decision-making bodies
Introduction of quotas for women with mixed results. Only Rwanda has reached 60% of women MPs.

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challenges to
be

faced

Despite the efforts made in terms of legal frameworks, there are still inequalities and worrying indicators:
8 out of 10 women are in vulnerable employment compared to 6.7 men (UNESCO Report),
66% of maternal deaths in the world come from sub-Saharan Africa (joint report by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA)
Four out of ten girls still get married before they turn 18 (Global protection cluster Gender AOR)
Between 2019-2021, 55 million girls versus 49 million boys are not in school in the region (
Unesco
Report on Boys' Dropout)

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some actions already undertaken by the EJP
Support to Legal Reforms
Monitoring of the process of adoption of the RH law in Ivory Coast
Popularization and dissemination of legal instruments,
Elaboration of collections of legal texts favorable to the promotion of women's rights
Implementation of advocacy actions for the adoption and application of legal texts
Advocacy with decision-makers and power-holders for the promotion and respect of existing legal texts
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Current global framework for the promotion of women's rights
(3)

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Accession of countries to international and regional treaties
{FABFCF23-3B69-468F-B69F-88F6DE6A72F2}International Instruments
Regional Instruments
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (2003) (Maputo Protocol)
The Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
The Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
The International Convention on the Rights of the Child
Current global framework for the promotion of women's rights (2)
The regional level is marked by:
The Ouagadougou Declaration of the Speakers of Parliaments of ECOWAS countries, Mauritania and Chad on the demographic dividend in 2017,
The implementation of the Catalytic Project on Women's Empowerment and Demographic Dividend in the Sahel "SWEDD" in 9 countries with significant qualitative and quantitative progress
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Current global framework for the promotion of women's rights (1)
International Context

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 25 September 2015
Continental Context
the African Union's Agenda 2063 "the future we want for Africa
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LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT IN SWEDD COUNTRIES: Status Report
REGIONAL EXPERIENCE SHARING WORKSHOP BETWEEN MEMBERS OF THE LEGAL PLATFORM OF THE "WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT AND DEMOGRAPHIC DIVIDEND IN THE SAHEL" PROJECT (SWEDD)
thank you for your kind attention
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Presentation plan
Current global framework for the promotion of women's rights
Progress made by countries in terms of legal frameworks
Challenges to the effectiveness of women's social and economic rights
Perspective of actions for the regional platform
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