Comments on: Support for the petition against sexual violence in sub-Saharan Africa https://womenalliance.org/support-for-the-petition-against-sexual-violence-in-sub-saharan-africa/ Equal Rights – Equal Responsibilities Thu, 26 Mar 2026 22:46:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Sanja Jeraj https://womenalliance.org/support-for-the-petition-against-sexual-violence-in-sub-saharan-africa/#comment-4196 Thu, 26 Mar 2026 22:46:36 +0000 https://womenalliance.org/?p=21609#comment-4196 The copyright details for this photo have not yet been published. Here they are:
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]]> By: Virginia Morris https://womenalliance.org/support-for-the-petition-against-sexual-violence-in-sub-saharan-africa/#comment-4156 Fri, 20 Mar 2026 17:56:24 +0000 https://womenalliance.org/?p=21609#comment-4156 Dear Ilyassou Diallo,

We would be pleased to welcome you to the Coalition and would greatly appreciate your support.

The only requirement for joining the Coalition is to sign the Petition free of charge.

All members of the International Alliance for Women are welcome to sign the Petition and join the Coalition.

Please contact me by email so that we can work together to end violence against women and girls in Africa.

The Coalition is working with the African Union’s Women, Gender, and Youth Directorate (WGYD) to promote the signature, ratification and entry into force of the Convention as soon as possible to provide a Pan-African legal framework for ending violence against women and girls throughout Africa.

Virginia Morris
United Nations Office of Legal Affairs (1989-2017)
African Law Education and Advocacy
Coalition for African Treaties Ratification: AU-CEVAWG
virginia.morris@africanlawseminar.org
https://www.youtube.com/@AfricanLawEducationandAdvocacy

]]> By: Virginia Morris https://womenalliance.org/support-for-the-petition-against-sexual-violence-in-sub-saharan-africa/#comment-4154 Fri, 20 Mar 2026 04:00:30 +0000 https://womenalliance.org/?p=21609#comment-4154 The African Union Legal Counsel, Professor Hajer Gueldich, gave a powerful lecture on the landmark AU Convention to End Violence Against Women and Girls for the African Law Seminar series last July. This lecture led to the creation of the Coalition for African Treaties Ratification for this Convention last September. The Coalition had over 1,000 members join during the first 10 days, 2,000 members before the end of the year, and currently has over 3,000 members in all 55 AU countries. The lecture is available on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmRQO2_v3C4

]]> By: Virginia Morris https://womenalliance.org/support-for-the-petition-against-sexual-violence-in-sub-saharan-africa/#comment-4153 Fri, 20 Mar 2026 03:52:56 +0000 https://womenalliance.org/?p=21609#comment-4153 Thank you for your support for the Petition. It is available in all AU languages. Please raise your voices to end violence against women and girls in Africa by signing the Petition today.
Arabic: https://c.org/CgJP7wgwjP
English: https://c.org/MKDBKLK2ct
French: https://c.org/sjzjVYyf9g
Portuguese: https://c.org/tnRk9PQP4W
Spanish: https://c.org/ST2hrWVZ5c
Swahili: https://c.org/DxMpjPQ9jt

]]> By: Alison Brown https://womenalliance.org/support-for-the-petition-against-sexual-violence-in-sub-saharan-africa/#comment-3623 Fri, 28 Nov 2025 14:33:05 +0000 https://womenalliance.org/?p=21609#comment-3623 In reply to Sanja Jeraj.

Thank-you for providing this important link for us.

]]> By: Sanja Jeraj https://womenalliance.org/support-for-the-petition-against-sexual-violence-in-sub-saharan-africa/#comment-3543 Thu, 06 Nov 2025 16:44:44 +0000 https://womenalliance.org/?p=21609#comment-3543 The original newsletter referred to various petitions.
I tried to find out which petition was meant and came across this one: https://www.change.org/p/african-union-convention-on-ending-violence-against-women-and-girls, which has received far too little attention so far.

]]> By: Alison Brown https://womenalliance.org/support-for-the-petition-against-sexual-violence-in-sub-saharan-africa/#comment-3542 Thu, 06 Nov 2025 16:33:30 +0000 https://womenalliance.org/?p=21609#comment-3542 I am sorry to read this message on the difficult status of women in Africa from Ilyassou, who has been part of the IAW delegation at various CSW Sessions.
I am, however, missing a link to the petition she is referring to.

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