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Congo-Kinshasa: DR Congo's Women Hold Key to Lasting Peace
Guardian Network, 12 August 2013
Women have suffered most as a result of conflict in DRC and the Great Lakes region - their voices must be heard Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Women's Agenda Is Key to Stabilising Eastern Congo
African Arguments, 19 August 2013
Late 2012 saw an escalation of violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo when the rebel group M23 captured and briefly held the city of Goma. Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Alarming Rise in Rape in East - UN
UN News, 30 July 2013
The recurrent conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC) North Kivu province has led to an alarming rise in rapes and violence against women and girls, the United… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Activists Question Impact of UN 'Intervention Brigade' On Women, Girls
MediaGlobal, 26 April 2013
In a April 17 press briefing, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced that the UN Security Council's unanimous adoption of Resolution 2098 (2013) establishing an… Read more »
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Uganda: Women Demand Inclusion in DR Congo Talks
New Vision, 1 February 2013
A group of women from North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have demanded to be involved in the on-going peace talks and negotiations in Uganda between the M23… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Excluding Women in Peace Talks
New Times, 10 January 2013
Just before Christmas last year, women activists from the Democratic Republic of Congo requested to be involved in the ongoing peace talks going on in Kampala between the DRC… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: National Leadership Crucial for Tackling Sexual Violence in DR Congo - UN Envoy
UN News, 28 March 2013
Conflict-related sexual violence is one of the most urgent challenges facing the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a senior United Nations official says, stressing that… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Girl Child Soldiers Face New Battles in Civilian Life
UNIRIN, 12 February 2013
Girl child soldiers are often thought of only as "sex slaves", a term that glosses over the complex roles many play within armed groups and in some national armies. This thinking… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: DRC Mobile Gender Courts Nominated for Award
OSISA, 26 September 2012
After three years and hundreds of cases, the mobile gender court project in South Kivu Province in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been shortlisted for a… Read more »
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Africa: Mobile Gender Courts Deliver Justice
ThinkAfricaPress, 30 July 2012
Can mobile gender courts' swift justice tackle impunity in the DRC's remote regions? Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Bring Women into DRC Peace Talks - Diop
allAfrica, 16 December 2012
It's a country the size of all of western Europe, with enormous mineral riches that enable the artifacts of modern life, from mobile phones and tablets to circuit boards and solar… Read more »