human rights

The Universal declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948 outlines what is considered in this century to be the fundamental consensus on the human rights of all people in relation to such matters as security of person, slavery, torture, protection of the law, freedom of movement and speech, religion and assembly, and rights to social security, work, health, education, culture and citizenship.

It clearly stipulates that these human rights apply to all equally "without distinction of any kind such as race, colour, sex, language..or other status"(Art 2)

However Millions of women throughout the world live in conditions of abject deprivation of, and attack against their fundamental human rights for no other reason than that they are women.

We live in a world in which most women do not have basic control over what happens to them. This destroys the personality of women and hinders them from exploiting their potential.

Binti Africa seeks to sensitize women, especially those in rural areas about their rights and to direct them to relevant places where they can seek discourse, legal or otherwise, for their rights