Guest Column - This week Africa celebrates the 19th anniversary of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (the Maputo Protocol), and the world begins the 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence. Both these commemorations come at a time when the Africa Union is drafting its Convention on Ending Violence Against Women and Girls making it crucial to take stock of the challenges the region has faced in making the rights in the Maputo Protocol a
