Latest items for D R Congo
Feb. 5, 2025, 4:43 p.m.
Countries: Central African Rep, D R Congo
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"Morocco’s peacekeeping troops are deployed in the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo — both countries where attacks on students and schools, and the military use of schools by local parties have been documented as problems" (7).
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"Morocco’s peacekeeping troops are deployed in the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo — both countries where attacks on students and schools, and the military use of schools by local parties have been documented as problems" (7).
Feb. 3, 2025, 9:53 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo, Mali, South Sudan
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"As of January 2021, China has 2541 troops deployed in UN peacekeeping missions in South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Mali. These are all countries where attacks on students and schools, and the military use of schools have been documented" (12).
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"As of January 2021, China has 2541 troops deployed in UN peacekeeping missions in South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Mali. These are all countries where attacks on students and schools, and the military use of schools have been documented" (12).
Feb. 3, 2025, 2:42 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"The 35-year-old works for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), overseeing the charity’s sexual violence clinics within the sprawling camps of grubby white tents that are home to 650,000 people who have fled the fighting" (Para 2). In the DRC, rape is widespread.Near the eastern city of Goma, organizations like MSF report an increasing number of refugees facing rape and torture (UST - CODERS COMMENT). "[T]rezor’s(35-year-old works for MSF) job is harrowingly complex: ensuring rape survivors receive the psychological support required to move forward with their lives. Most arrive at the camps with no belongings, having walked for days to traverse the region’s shifting frontline. Many have been attacked at gunpoint by...more
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"The 35-year-old works for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), overseeing the charity’s sexual violence clinics within the sprawling camps of grubby white tents that are home to 650,000 people who have fled the fighting" (Para 2). In the DRC, rape is widespread.Near the eastern city of Goma, organizations like MSF report an increasing number of refugees facing rape and torture (UST - CODERS COMMENT). "[T]rezor’s(35-year-old works for MSF) job is harrowingly complex: ensuring rape survivors receive the psychological support required to move forward with their lives. Most arrive at the camps with no belongings, having walked for days to traverse the region’s shifting frontline. Many have been attacked at gunpoint by...more
Feb. 3, 2025, 2:42 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: MISA-PRACTICE-1
"[T]rezor’s(35-year-old works for MSF) job is harrowingly complex: ensuring rape survivors receive the psychological support required to move forward with their lives. Most arrive at the camps with no belongings, having walked for days to traverse the region’s shifting frontline. Many have been attacked at gunpoint by roaming groups of militia, their children forced to watch their mothers being raped. Entire families turn up in a profound state of shock. “Post-traumatic stress is observed in almost all sexual violence survivors. They are survivors of a traumatic act that happened spontaneously, that they do not understand. It creates this sudden stress,” says Trezor, who is originally from Bukavu, in the DRC"...more
Variables: MISA-PRACTICE-1
"[T]rezor’s(35-year-old works for MSF) job is harrowingly complex: ensuring rape survivors receive the psychological support required to move forward with their lives. Most arrive at the camps with no belongings, having walked for days to traverse the region’s shifting frontline. Many have been attacked at gunpoint by roaming groups of militia, their children forced to watch their mothers being raped. Entire families turn up in a profound state of shock. “Post-traumatic stress is observed in almost all sexual violence survivors. They are survivors of a traumatic act that happened spontaneously, that they do not understand. It creates this sudden stress,” says Trezor, who is originally from Bukavu, in the DRC"...more
Feb. 3, 2025, 2:42 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"The fallout from an attack is often magnified by the stigma attached to rape. Survivors are shunned by their families; husbands leave if they find out what has happened" (Para 22). Because of the stigma attached to rape, where survivors are often shunned by their families and abandoned by their husbands, women are less likely to report the injustices they have experienced (UST - CODERS COMMENT).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"The fallout from an attack is often magnified by the stigma attached to rape. Survivors are shunned by their families; husbands leave if they find out what has happened" (Para 22). Because of the stigma attached to rape, where survivors are often shunned by their families and abandoned by their husbands, women are less likely to report the injustices they have experienced (UST - CODERS COMMENT).
Feb. 3, 2025, 2:42 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"This is particularly true for the survivors that Trezor and his team have assiduously helped recover from their trauma only for them to be raped again after they reach a camp, usually by a completely different attacker. At night, the camps offer little protection. Armed gangs roam freely among the tents. The dim toilet blocks are notoriously fraught. Thousands of women are also forced to scavenge for food and firewood in the nearby Virunga national park, famous for its mountain gorillas. There, many women are raped at gunpoint by gangs of militia.“It happens a lot, it’s really horrible,” says Trezor, shaking his head. The fallout from an attack is often...more
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"This is particularly true for the survivors that Trezor and his team have assiduously helped recover from their trauma only for them to be raped again after they reach a camp, usually by a completely different attacker. At night, the camps offer little protection. Armed gangs roam freely among the tents. The dim toilet blocks are notoriously fraught. Thousands of women are also forced to scavenge for food and firewood in the nearby Virunga national park, famous for its mountain gorillas. There, many women are raped at gunpoint by gangs of militia.“It happens a lot, it’s really horrible,” says Trezor, shaking his head. The fallout from an attack is often...more
Feb. 3, 2025, 2:42 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3
"This is particularly true for the survivors that Trezor and his team have assiduously helped recover from their trauma only for them to be raped again after they reach a camp, usually by a completely different attacker. At night, the camps offer little protection. Armed gangs roam freely among the tents. The dim toilet blocks are notoriously fraught. Thousands of women are also forced to scavenge for food and firewood in the nearby Virunga national park, famous for its mountain gorillas. There, many women are raped at gunpoint by gangs of militia" (Para 19, 20, 21). This highlights a failure of government protection, with militias using sexual violence as a...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3
"This is particularly true for the survivors that Trezor and his team have assiduously helped recover from their trauma only for them to be raped again after they reach a camp, usually by a completely different attacker. At night, the camps offer little protection. Armed gangs roam freely among the tents. The dim toilet blocks are notoriously fraught. Thousands of women are also forced to scavenge for food and firewood in the nearby Virunga national park, famous for its mountain gorillas. There, many women are raped at gunpoint by gangs of militia" (Para 19, 20, 21). This highlights a failure of government protection, with militias using sexual violence as a...more
Feb. 3, 2025, 2:42 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"Charities like MSF are reporting a growing number of refugees near the eastern city of Goma, DRC who are experiencing rape and torture (UST - CODERS COMMENT). [T]rezor’s(35-year-old works for MSF) job is harrowingly complex: ensuring rape survivors receive the psychological support required to move forward with their lives. Most arrive at the camps with no belongings, having walked for days to traverse the region’s shifting frontline. Many have been attacked at gunpoint by roaming groups of militia, their children forced to watch their mothers being raped. Entire families turn up in a profound state of shock. “Post-traumatic stress is observed in almost all sexual violence survivors. They are survivors...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"Charities like MSF are reporting a growing number of refugees near the eastern city of Goma, DRC who are experiencing rape and torture (UST - CODERS COMMENT). [T]rezor’s(35-year-old works for MSF) job is harrowingly complex: ensuring rape survivors receive the psychological support required to move forward with their lives. Most arrive at the camps with no belongings, having walked for days to traverse the region’s shifting frontline. Many have been attacked at gunpoint by roaming groups of militia, their children forced to watch their mothers being raped. Entire families turn up in a profound state of shock. “Post-traumatic stress is observed in almost all sexual violence survivors. They are survivors...more
Feb. 3, 2025, 2:42 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"They arrive every few minutes, survivors of the unrelenting sexual violence that defines one of the world’s most intractable conflicts" (Para 1). "The 35-year-old works for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), overseeing the charity’s sexual violence clinics within the sprawling camps of grubby white tents that are home to 650,000 people who have fled the fighting" (Para 2). "Its four clinics for sexual violence survivors in the Goma camps are witnessing record caseloads. In August they helped 2,011 patients, an average of 77 a day when open, rising to 3,094 in October: 119 cases each day. Last year, MSF treated a record 25,166 victims of sexual violence in the DRC, the...more
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"They arrive every few minutes, survivors of the unrelenting sexual violence that defines one of the world’s most intractable conflicts" (Para 1). "The 35-year-old works for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), overseeing the charity’s sexual violence clinics within the sprawling camps of grubby white tents that are home to 650,000 people who have fled the fighting" (Para 2). "Its four clinics for sexual violence survivors in the Goma camps are witnessing record caseloads. In August they helped 2,011 patients, an average of 77 a day when open, rising to 3,094 in October: 119 cases each day. Last year, MSF treated a record 25,166 victims of sexual violence in the DRC, the...more
Feb. 3, 2025, 2:42 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"They arrive every few minutes, survivors of the unrelenting sexual violence that defines one of the world’s most intractable conflicts. And among the first to assess the exhausted women after they reach the squalid camps on the outskirts of Goma, regional capital of the war-ravaged east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), is Irengue Trezor.The 35-year-old works for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), overseeing the charity’s sexual violence clinics within the sprawling camps of grubby white tents that are home to 650,000 people who have fled the fighting" (Para 1, 2). Charities like MSF are reporting a growing number of refugees near the eastern city of Goma who are...more
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"They arrive every few minutes, survivors of the unrelenting sexual violence that defines one of the world’s most intractable conflicts. And among the first to assess the exhausted women after they reach the squalid camps on the outskirts of Goma, regional capital of the war-ravaged east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), is Irengue Trezor.The 35-year-old works for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), overseeing the charity’s sexual violence clinics within the sprawling camps of grubby white tents that are home to 650,000 people who have fled the fighting" (Para 1, 2). Charities like MSF are reporting a growing number of refugees near the eastern city of Goma who are...more
Feb. 3, 2025, 1:14 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"Outside the Horn, the Democratic Republic of Congo has witnessed alarming levels of sexual violence during its continuing conflict, with especially high numbers of child victims" (Para 7).
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"Outside the Horn, the Democratic Republic of Congo has witnessed alarming levels of sexual violence during its continuing conflict, with especially high numbers of child victims" (Para 7).
Dec. 31, 2024, 4:46 p.m.
Countries: Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Brazil, Burundi, Central African Rep, Chile, Cote D'Ivoire, D R Congo, East Timor, Ethiopia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Netherlands, Niger, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Togo, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: IRP-SCALE-1
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Variables: IRP-SCALE-1
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Dec. 13, 2024, 3:48 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3
"He says many patients he's treated have been not only traumatized but deeply stigmatized because of the sexual assault. 'When a mother is raped, her husband will throw her out of his house,' he says through an interpreter" (para 15).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3
"He says many patients he's treated have been not only traumatized but deeply stigmatized because of the sexual assault. 'When a mother is raped, her husband will throw her out of his house,' he says through an interpreter" (para 15).
Dec. 13, 2024, 3:48 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"'[A] number of survivors — especially boys — are reluctant to report,' he explains" (para 11). "Grassroots efforts at change are underway, says UNICEF's Toure. For example, she says, women are organizing so that when they have to go to the bathroom or leave camp they do so in groups, sometimes even with a few men accompanying them. 'It has worked [to deter rapes] to some extent,' she says. 'And if something happens, there's always someone who can help the other. And we've seen it help with resilience. We have seen that being in that collective actually gives them strength.' Toure says there are other efforts — UNICEF is providing...more
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"'[A] number of survivors — especially boys — are reluctant to report,' he explains" (para 11). "Grassroots efforts at change are underway, says UNICEF's Toure. For example, she says, women are organizing so that when they have to go to the bathroom or leave camp they do so in groups, sometimes even with a few men accompanying them. 'It has worked [to deter rapes] to some extent,' she says. 'And if something happens, there's always someone who can help the other. And we've seen it help with resilience. We have seen that being in that collective actually gives them strength.' Toure says there are other efforts — UNICEF is providing...more
Dec. 13, 2024, 3:48 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"'Each time a woman returns from the forest without wood, we immediately know she's been raped,' Bukébo says, speaking through an interpreter. 'The men who rape her rob her, meaning that everything she has with her — even the wood she has with her — is taken. Everyone is looking at her with accusing looks, looks that judge her.' Bukébo is an 18-year-old law student in Goma, a city in the far eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Decades of war in the area have left roughly 7 million people displaced; at least 500,000 of them have gone to the outskirts of Goma, where there are many sprawling...more
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"'Each time a woman returns from the forest without wood, we immediately know she's been raped,' Bukébo says, speaking through an interpreter. 'The men who rape her rob her, meaning that everything she has with her — even the wood she has with her — is taken. Everyone is looking at her with accusing looks, looks that judge her.' Bukébo is an 18-year-old law student in Goma, a city in the far eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Decades of war in the area have left roughly 7 million people displaced; at least 500,000 of them have gone to the outskirts of Goma, where there are many sprawling...more
Dec. 13, 2024, 3:48 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"'Each time a woman returns from the forest without wood, we immediately know she's been raped,' Bukébo says, speaking through an interpreter. 'The men who rape her rob her, meaning that everything she has with her — even the wood she has with her — is taken'" (para 3). "According to a report published Tuesday by Physicians for Human Rights, there's been a 'massive influx' of sexual violence in eastern DRC in recent years. When group representatives interviewed local clinicians about patients, they heard harrowing stories: Children as young as 3 years old raped; victims sometimes held days or weeks in captivity; others penetrated with sharp objects. 'The level of...more
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"'Each time a woman returns from the forest without wood, we immediately know she's been raped,' Bukébo says, speaking through an interpreter. 'The men who rape her rob her, meaning that everything she has with her — even the wood she has with her — is taken'" (para 3). "According to a report published Tuesday by Physicians for Human Rights, there's been a 'massive influx' of sexual violence in eastern DRC in recent years. When group representatives interviewed local clinicians about patients, they heard harrowing stories: Children as young as 3 years old raped; victims sometimes held days or weeks in captivity; others penetrated with sharp objects. 'The level of...more
Dec. 13, 2024, 3:48 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"Toure says the risks are both outside the camp and inside it: 'If you go to fetch water in the camp, it's a risk. If you go to the restroom, it's a risk. A lot of the daily tasks become risk calculations'" (para 14).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"Toure says the risks are both outside the camp and inside it: 'If you go to fetch water in the camp, it's a risk. If you go to the restroom, it's a risk. A lot of the daily tasks become risk calculations'" (para 14).
Dec. 11, 2024, 11:42 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: IM-DATA-1
"Congo has one of the highest number of maternal and neonatal deaths in the world. Latest figures record the maternal morality ratio at 547 deaths for every 100,000 live births, and its neonatal rate – the number of babies dying before 28 days of life – at 27 per 1,000 live births" (para 5).
Variables: IM-DATA-1
"Congo has one of the highest number of maternal and neonatal deaths in the world. Latest figures record the maternal morality ratio at 547 deaths for every 100,000 live births, and its neonatal rate – the number of babies dying before 28 days of life – at 27 per 1,000 live births" (para 5).
Dec. 11, 2024, 11:42 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"Women in 13 out of 26 regions in the country will, by the end of the year, be entitled to free services during pregnancy and for one month after childbirth. Babies will receive free healthcare for their first 28 days under the scheme, which the government plans to extend to the rest of DRC – although there is no timetable for that yet. However, health workers have raised concerns that hospitals and medical centres are ill-equipped to cope with any increased demand on services. Some told the Guardian there were not enough staff, facilities or equipment to successfully introduce the $113m (£93m) programme, which is supported by the World Bank"...more
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"Women in 13 out of 26 regions in the country will, by the end of the year, be entitled to free services during pregnancy and for one month after childbirth. Babies will receive free healthcare for their first 28 days under the scheme, which the government plans to extend to the rest of DRC – although there is no timetable for that yet. However, health workers have raised concerns that hospitals and medical centres are ill-equipped to cope with any increased demand on services. Some told the Guardian there were not enough staff, facilities or equipment to successfully introduce the $113m (£93m) programme, which is supported by the World Bank"...more
Dec. 11, 2024, 11:42 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: MMR-DATA-1
"Congo has one of the highest number of maternal and neonatal deaths in the world. Latest figures record the maternal morality ratio at 547 deaths for every 100,000 live births" (para 5).
Variables: MMR-DATA-1
"Congo has one of the highest number of maternal and neonatal deaths in the world. Latest figures record the maternal morality ratio at 547 deaths for every 100,000 live births" (para 5).
Dec. 4, 2024, 4:55 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: UVAW-PRACTICE-1
"'More than 38,000 cases of Gender Based Violence (GBV) were reported by UNICEF for all of 2022 in North Kivu alone. . .' she [Pramila Patten, UN Special Representative] pointed out" (par. 4).
Variables: UVAW-PRACTICE-1
"'More than 38,000 cases of Gender Based Violence (GBV) were reported by UNICEF for all of 2022 in North Kivu alone. . .' she [Pramila Patten, UN Special Representative] pointed out" (par. 4).
Dec. 4, 2024, 4:55 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"'Allegations of grave cases of sexual violence against civilians, including children, in particular affecting IDPs fleeing conflict in the eastern DRC, is a matter of profound concern which requires immediate action,' said the top UN official who advocates for women and girls impacted by sexual violence. he representative spoke of how she was 'deeply troubled' by some attacks which have been taking place in broad daylight, affecting the daily lives and livelihoods of women and girls in Goma, the capital of North Kivu province" (par. 1-2). "'. . .Humanitarian actors report they have provided assistance to over 600 survivors of conflict-related sexual violence in six IDP camps over the course...more
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"'Allegations of grave cases of sexual violence against civilians, including children, in particular affecting IDPs fleeing conflict in the eastern DRC, is a matter of profound concern which requires immediate action,' said the top UN official who advocates for women and girls impacted by sexual violence. he representative spoke of how she was 'deeply troubled' by some attacks which have been taking place in broad daylight, affecting the daily lives and livelihoods of women and girls in Goma, the capital of North Kivu province" (par. 1-2). "'. . .Humanitarian actors report they have provided assistance to over 600 survivors of conflict-related sexual violence in six IDP camps over the course...more
Dec. 4, 2024, 4:55 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"'. . .Humanitarian actors report they have provided assistance to over 600 survivors of conflict-related sexual violence in six IDP camps over the course of two weeks in a volatile security environment. In most cases, survivors reported being attacked by armed men and displaced men in and around the camps,' she [Pramila Patten, UN Special Representative] pointed out" (par. 4).
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"'. . .Humanitarian actors report they have provided assistance to over 600 survivors of conflict-related sexual violence in six IDP camps over the course of two weeks in a volatile security environment. In most cases, survivors reported being attacked by armed men and displaced men in and around the camps,' she [Pramila Patten, UN Special Representative] pointed out" (par. 4).
Dec. 4, 2024, 4:55 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"'Allegations of grave cases of sexual violence against civilians, including children, in particular affecting IDPs fleeing conflict in the eastern DRC, is a matter of profound concern which requires immediate action,' said the top UN official who advocates for women and girls impacted by sexual violence. The representative spoke of how she was 'deeply troubled' by some attacks which have been taking place in broad daylight, affecting the daily lives and livelihoods of women and girls in Goma, the capital of North Kivu province" (par. 1-2).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"'Allegations of grave cases of sexual violence against civilians, including children, in particular affecting IDPs fleeing conflict in the eastern DRC, is a matter of profound concern which requires immediate action,' said the top UN official who advocates for women and girls impacted by sexual violence. The representative spoke of how she was 'deeply troubled' by some attacks which have been taking place in broad daylight, affecting the daily lives and livelihoods of women and girls in Goma, the capital of North Kivu province" (par. 1-2).
Dec. 4, 2024, 4:55 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Ms. Patten also called attention to how women and girls are disproportionally affected by sexual violence in thousands of cases reported by humanitarian partners, with some unable to 'access life-saving services, including Post-Exposure Prophylaxis kits, during the crucial 72-hour window after an attack.' She said the best way to protect women and girls in such conditions was to provide medical assistance, but also offer routes for escaping violence and other insecurities in the first place. 'Immediate medical and psychosocial assistance must be accompanied by protection measures, to ensure that those who have been forced from their homes due to violence and insecurity, including women and girls fleeing conflict in Masisi...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Ms. Patten also called attention to how women and girls are disproportionally affected by sexual violence in thousands of cases reported by humanitarian partners, with some unable to 'access life-saving services, including Post-Exposure Prophylaxis kits, during the crucial 72-hour window after an attack.' She said the best way to protect women and girls in such conditions was to provide medical assistance, but also offer routes for escaping violence and other insecurities in the first place. 'Immediate medical and psychosocial assistance must be accompanied by protection measures, to ensure that those who have been forced from their homes due to violence and insecurity, including women and girls fleeing conflict in Masisi...more
Dec. 4, 2024, 4:38 p.m.
Countries: Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, D R Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Israel, Kazakhstan, Laos, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nepal, Rwanda
Variables: PW-LAW-1
"Technically illegal, but still practiced" (para 18).
Variables: PW-LAW-1
"Technically illegal, but still practiced" (para 18).
Oct. 10, 2024, 1:33 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: GP-DATA-3, GP-DATA-4
Dr. Gisele Ndaya Luseba is the former Minister of Gender, Family, and Children in the DRC.
Variables: GP-DATA-3, GP-DATA-4
Dr. Gisele Ndaya Luseba is the former Minister of Gender, Family, and Children in the DRC.
Oct. 10, 2024, 1:33 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: IAW-LAW-1
Without marriage, it is usually the man’s family who gets the inheritance, leaving his widow with nothing.
Variables: IAW-LAW-1
Without marriage, it is usually the man’s family who gets the inheritance, leaving his widow with nothing.
Oct. 10, 2024, 1:33 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: INFIB-PRACTICE-1
In the conflict in the DRC, sharp weapons are used against female genitals.
Variables: INFIB-PRACTICE-1
In the conflict in the DRC, sharp weapons are used against female genitals.
Oct. 10, 2024, 1:33 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: GP-DATA-1
Dr. Gisele Ndaya Luseba, former Minister of Gender, Family, and Children, says that she is starting a movement to allow women to be in places where they make big decisions for the country. Before the movement began, of 56 leadership positions in the government, only 7 were held by women. After the movement, 17 positions are held by women. As of a report in April, 27% of positions with decision-making power are held by women.
Variables: GP-DATA-1
Dr. Gisele Ndaya Luseba, former Minister of Gender, Family, and Children, says that she is starting a movement to allow women to be in places where they make big decisions for the country. Before the movement began, of 56 leadership positions in the government, only 7 were held by women. After the movement, 17 positions are held by women. As of a report in April, 27% of positions with decision-making power are held by women.