The Initiative for Gender Equality and Development in Africa (IGED-Africa) is a women-led, Ghanaian-registered non-governmental organization with a regional focus on advancing gender equality, human rights, and inclusive development across Africa.
IGED-Africa has developed a simplified toolkit to help women, advocates, legal practitioners, policymakers, and communities understand General Comment No. 6 on Article 7(d) of the Maputo Protocol, with a focus on recognizing both monetary and non-monetary contributions in marriage.
At an IGED-Africa training workshop in Accra, legal experts, gender advocates, and human rights practitioners urged young women to understand the legal protections available to them under Ghanaian law, the Maputo Protocol, and General Comment No. 6.
IGED-Africa is a pan-African not for profit org advancing gender equality, family law, gender peace and security, economic justice and inclusive development through advocacy, capacity building, research and strategic partnership.
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