Efforts To End Rape in Sub-Saharan Africa

            Actions and efforts to end violence against women and girls in Sub-Saharan Africa are being taken by the UN, the secretary General Campaign UNITE to End Violence against Women, and the African Union’s  Africa Wide Campaign to end Violence against Women . Women have tirelessly campaigned for CEDAW, the Convention to End All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. The convention views violence against women as a violation women's rights. Every country that signs and ratifies CEDAW is obligated to follow it’s policies. However, not all countries that have ratified CEDAW have taken the necessary measures to insure the safety of women. CEDAW is an action on the global level, whereas on a more local scale, women in countries with widespread violence against women work to advocate for victims rights and pressure police and government to take rape and domestic violence seriously and prosecute the perpetrators. 


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http://www.un.org/ecosocdev/geninfo/afrec/vol21no2/212-violence-aganist-women.html