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The Socio-Economic Rights Project at the Dullah Omar Institute, University of the Western Cape, in collaboration with the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, invites you to a webinar to reflect on how public health emergencies expose the fragility of Africa’s health systems and to examine their impact on SRHR—highlighting why protecting women, adolescents, and marginalized groups from being left behind when essential services collapse is vital.

The Socio-Economic Rights Project at the Dullah Omar Institute, University of the Western Cape, invites you to a webinar that explores how national laws and policies on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) shape the lived realities of adolescents and young people, presenting evidence and case studies from across Africa.

The Kenya Legal and Ethical Issues Network (KELIN), the Dullah Omar Institute for Constitutional Law, Governance and Human Rights at the University of the Western Cape (DOI); the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), and the Centre for Human Rights (CHR) have developed this analysis in response to the decision of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights in Community Law Centre and Others (on behalf of the Five Victims) v. Federal Republic of Nigeria (Communication 564 of 2015) [2024].

The Socio-Economic Rights Project at the Dullah Omar Institute, University of the Western Cape, invites you to a timely and impactful webinar on how South Africa’s Consumer Protection Act (CPA) of 2008 can be used to challenge misleading food and beverage marketing targeted at children.

The Socio-Economic Rights Project at the Dullah Omar Institute hosted a webinar to raise awareness and foster dialogue on the pressing issue of obstetric violence (OV) in Africa. Drawing from extensive research and cross-country experiences, the event aimed to unpack the definitions, manifestations, and structural drivers of OV, situate it within applicable human rights frameworks, and reflect on the use of litigation as a strategy for accountability and change. The webinar also sought to generate recommendations for advancing respectful maternity care and strengthening legal and institutional responses across the continent.

The Socio-Economic Rights Project at the Dullah Omar Institute invites you to a critical and timely webinar on Obstetric Violence in Africa - a pervasive yet often overlooked form of gender-based violence that undermines maternal health and women's rights across the African continent.

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