title: The African Women's Protocol: bringing attention to reproductive rights and the MDGs.
abstract: Andrew Gibbs and colleagues discuss the African Women's Protocol, a framework for ensuring reproductive rights are supported throughout the continent and for supporting interventions to improve women's reproductive health, including the MDGs.
authors.affiliation: Human Rights Watch, New York, United States of America.
authors.forename: Liesl
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gerntholtz
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gibbs
authors.forename: Samantha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Willan
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D003906:Developing Countries; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D046269:Reproductive Rights / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D016387:Women's Health / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014933:Women's Rights / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*