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Make Every Woman Count (MEWC)
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Through research, information & easy to use data, we support evidence-based advocacy to uphold women’s rights and gender equality in Africa. Insta: @ mewcngo
Dec 3, 2019 • 8 tweets • 14 min read
#SexWorkers remind us sex work is about work. Like all workers they #deserve #rights and #protection against violence at workplace, stigma and discrimination in society.

#EndGBV #accesstoredress #16days #AwarenessToAccountability #dignityatwork

huffpost.com/entry/sex-work… Current criminalisation (in majority of African countries) of sex work means #sexworkers are on the front-line of #GBV in that the perpetrator knows they are unlikely to report it, and that they are vulnerable and unprotected.

#EndGBV #accesstoredress #16days #dignityatwork
Nov 27, 2019 • 12 tweets • 16 min read
Today and tomorrow we will be looking at #policies in workplace and how different sectors are attempting to address #GBV and sexual harassment in workplaces and #protecting women workers' #rights

#16DaysofActivism2019 #ILOendGBV
#awarenesstoaccountability ESCOM, #Malawi power utility company, created a Gender and Social Inclusion unit. It also developed/implemented policies to ensure a zero tolerance to sexual harassment and discrimination in the company.
medium.com/power-africa/e…

#16DaysofActivism2019 #ILOendGBV
Mar 6, 2019 • 7 tweets • 6 min read
Given it's #WomensHistoryMonth we shall be replugging old interviews MEWC conducted with some remarkable women leaders/activists across Africa. #IWD2019

1. Virginia Muwanigwa is a passionate women's rights advocate. makeeverywomancount.org/index.php/comm… 2. Leah Chatta Chipepa, ex-ED of Akina Mama Wa Afrika. 'Challenge is to build on successes that AMwA has achieved by hard work and vision of those before me so that AMwA remains relevant to the needs and aspirations of African women here and abroad.'

makeeverywomancount.org/index.php/comm…