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Specialized units set up to combat sexual violence in Kasaï Oriental

Mbuji-Mayi, 19 February 2013 – A specialized judicial unit for combating sexual violence was inaugurated by the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO), in Tshilenge district of Kasai Oriental province, 20 km southeast of Mbuji-Mayi, the provincial capital.

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Workshop to help reinforce the fight against sexual violence and impunity in Sud Kivu

Bukavu, 19 February 2013 – Twenty-five civilian and military magistrates took part in a training of trainers workshop organized last week in Bukavu, Sud Kivu Province, with the aim to reinforce the fight against sexual violence and impunity.

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MONUSCO’s mandate explained to pupils and teachers in Kananga

Kananga, 16 February 2013 - The Public Information Section of the United Nations organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) on Wednesday, 13 February 2013, organized in Kananga a round-table on “MONUSCO’s presence and its implications”. Nearly 200 pupils and teachers from three high schools of Kananga: Institut des Beaux-Arts, Complexe scolaire Bon Berger, Centre de Formation sociale de Katoka, took part in the debate designed to shed light on the different aspects of MONUSCO’s mandate as laid out in UN Security Council Resolution 2053.

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MONUSCO sensitizes opinion leaders of Sud Kivu on its mandate and activities

Bukavu, 15 February 2013 – The Public Information Office of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) organized a workshop for local opinion leaders to raise awareness on its mandate and activities. The 20 participants hailed from several territories of Sud Kivu, including Kalehe, Kabare, Shabunda, Mwenga, Walungu, Idjwi, as well as Bukavu, the provincial capital.

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MONUSCO builds women leaders’ awareness about protection mechanisms

Bukavu, 14 February 2013 – On 6 February 2013, some fifty women leaders and a number of local administrative authorities of the territories of Kalehe and Mwenga, Sud Kivu province, took part in a day of reflection and exchange of ideas on the subject of “Women’s participation in protection mechanisms”. The day was organized by the Gender Affairs section of the regional office of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), in collaboration with the NGO Action for Peace and Concorde (ACP).