ACHPR, Sweden and Germany Convene at the RFLD Dakar Office on the Protection of Women Human Rights Defenders in West Africa Three of the institutional voices that accompany the engagement of West African States in the protection of Women Human Rights Defenders convened on Tuesday, 16 June 2026, at the Dakar Office of the Réseau des Femmes Leaders pour le Développement (RFLD), for a high-level institutional Afrofeminist concertation: the Honourable Professor Remy Ngoy Lumbu, Special Rapporteur of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) on Human Rights Defenders and Focal Point on Reprisals in Africa, and former Chairperson of the ACHPR; Her Excellency Catharina Cappelin, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to Senegal; and the Federal Republic of Germany, represented at two complementary levels — diplomatically by Mrs Henriette Wolf, First Secretary (Political) at the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Dakar; and through bilateral cooperation by Mrs Katja Roeckel, Country Director of GIZ Senegal. Read more: rflgd.org/2026/06/16/achpr-s…

Les défenseures au cœur de l'Afrique de l'Ouest francophone. Première année de notre initiative SEA-T financée par le BMZ et mise en œuvre par la GIZ : 345 participations, 114 organisations, 15 cours certifiants, 29 pays HUB. Le RFLD copréside le Conseil consultatif SEA-T.

Women defenders at the heart of francophone West Africa. First year of our BMZ-funded, GIZ-implemented SEA-T initiative: 345 participations, 114 organisations, 15 free certified courses, 29 HUB countries. RFLD co-chairs the SEA-T Programme Advisory Council. #WHRD #CivicSpace

Nine African States still limit the Maputo Protocol through reservations. Our guide shows what each one does and when advocates can next ask for its withdrawal. #MaputoProtocol #WomensRights

Laws on paper, rights in practice. Our review of women's rights laws in West Africa found real reforms on quotas and violence, and laws that are still applied only in part. #WomensRights #WestAfrica

West Africa has the world's highest under-five mortality rate: 92 per 1,000 live births. Our country review shows where progress is real, as in Senegal, and where the trend is reversing. #MaternalHealth #MaputoProtocol

Before you block an online abuser, save the evidence. Our guide from RFLD's Cyber Harassment Legal Toolkit explains what to capture and how to report it to the police and the platforms. #16Days #EndOnlineViolence

Read the Maputo Protocol in your language: rflgd.org/maputo-protocol-la…

The Maputo Protocol now speaks 8 African languages: Hausa, Amharic, Yoruba, Lingala, Igbo, Twi, Zarma and Goun. Nearly 300 million people can read it in their own language. #MaputoProtocol #WomensRights