Kinshasa, 5 March 2011 – Several elements from three Formed Police Units (FPU) of the UN Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) underwent a practical training exercise in security enforcement and public order on March 5. The training is part of a program to strengthen their ability to intervene in case of necessity, and to protect UN and humanitarian personnel and assets. Such a training is required by the rules of…
Goma, 8 March 2011 – On 8 March, the International Women's Day was celebrated with splendor in Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, which shares the western borders of Rwanda and Uganda. One of the highlights of the day's celebration was an impressive parade, which kicked off at 9:00 AM, with hundreds of women of all stocks, joined by both military and civilian female staff members of the UN Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO)…
Goma, 8 March 2011 – On 8 March, the International Women's Day was celebrated with splendor in Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, which shares the western borders of Rwanda and Uganda. One of the highlights of the day's celebration was an impressive parade, which kicked off at 9:00 AM, with hundreds of women of all stocks, joined by both military and civilian female staff members of the UN Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO)…
Goma, 8 March 2011 – On 8 March, the International Women's Day was celebrated with splendor in Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, which shares the western borders of Rwanda and Uganda. One of the highlights of the day's celebration was an impressive parade, which kicked off at 9:00 AM, with hundreds of women of all stocks, joined by both military and civilian female staff members of the UN Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO)…
Goma, 9 March 2011 – This day was unlike any other at the Muzenze central prison in Goma. The reception area was jam packed and among them, Ms. Hiroute Gebre Sallasie, head of the office of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) in Goma, the provincial Minister of Justice, the public prosecutor and a dozen female detainees. Their presence was twofold: firstly, MONUSCO female staff was making…
Goma, 7 February 2011 – In Goma, political party leaders, civil society and army representatives, and students, among them many women, met on 7 February to talk peace. The Goma branch of Radio Okapi, initiated the discussion as part of a series of programmes to be broadcast throughout the month of March. Opening the discussion, the head of the local Office of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO), Ms. Hiroute Gebre…
Beni, 9 March 2011 – In Beni, female staff of the UN Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO) joined several local women in a parade marking the International Women's Day. Women from all social groups joined in a gigantic four-hour parade, which started at the town's main round-about and ended at the public square. After the parade, MONUSCO's women headed for Beni's Kangbayi central prison, where they donated essential items such as soap…
Kisangani, 7 March 2011 – On the eve of the commemoration of the International Women's Day, the UN Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) and the local church donated foodstuffs and a specially-made cloth to the female inmates of the central prison of Kisangani, in Orientale province. These gifts were a goodwill gesture to assist the female inmates, and to make them realize that they are not forgotten. Even as inmates…
Iboko, 9 March 2011- In Equateur province, the United Nations marked the International Women's Day with activities to raise public awareness on the issue of violence against women. This choice was not fortuitous, as the condition of women in Iboko, as in much of Equateur, is appalling. As part of Bikoro territory, Iboko is one of those places where discrimination against women and girls is coupled with on ethnic bias. In this locality of 80,000…
Kindu, 8 March 2011 – In Kindu, Maniema province, all female staff of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), joined by local women from different walks of life, converged on a public place and listened several speeches delivered on this year's theme for the International Women's Day. In this eclectic celebration, European expatriate women were seen walking side by side their Congolese and other…