As part of the fight against cyber-harassment against politically active women, MONUSCO Gender section in collaboration with the feminist movement “Bisobasi Telema” (Women, Let Us Rise) organized from August 14 to 15 in Kinshasa a training on digital security as a means of control and prevention. Fifty women leaders from political parties, civil society organizations and human rights organizations took part. For two days, they were equipped and…
During her tour, Bintou Keita consulted with provincial governments and different communities on the priority actions needed for a smooth but accelerated transition process. Read the full story here ➡️ press_release.pdf
In a statement released on July 13, 24 United Nations entities that make up the United Nations Network against Sexual Violence in Conflict, led by the United Nations Special Representative Pramila Patten, joined the latter’s call in urging immediate action to protect women and girls and prevent the use of sexual violence in and around sites against internally displaced populations in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In the first…
“From a smartphone, I will produce videos to echo good information”. Blessing Kasasi, aged 15, is a women's and children's rights activist. She participated in a training in Kinshasa supported by MONUSCO on the production of digital content with the help of a smartphone. Altogether, thirty young people grouped in a relay club and several other organizations took part in it late June. The objective was to build their capacities in the fight…
MONUSCO and the government validated Thursday, June 15 in Goma, the Terms of Reference of the integrated provincial transition team. This team is now operational in North Kivu. The integrated provincial transition teams are established by MONUSCO, the Government and other partners in various provinces where the Mission is still operational, in particular, North and South Kivu, as well as in Ituri. They are mainly aimed at explaining the Mission's…
Patrick Muyaya : ‘’ We are working on increasing the force's strength, notably with the programming law, because we want to recover the regal missions that are ours.’’
Ten years ago, the United Nations and the Congolese government signed a joint communiqué on combating conflict-related sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This document, signed on March 30, 2013 and amended in 2015, constitutes a solemn act of commitment between the two parties and aims to implement solid mechanisms to combat sexual violence in conflict zones, put an end to impunity for perpetrators but also allow access to…
MONUSCO organized Tuesday, June 13, an awareness day for a hundred students from the Bilingual Christian University of Congo (UCBC) in Beni, North Kivu. This awareness-raising is part of a series of activities the Mission is organizing throughout the national territory to involve a larger number of people in the fight against disinformation. The UN Mission’s public information officer in Beni, Jean-Tobie Okala, explained in detail the forms…
Samboko, a village located 58 kilometers from the city of Beni in North Kivu, now has public lighting. Before MONUSCO installed solar streetlights there, the population faced darkness which caused cases of insecurity perpetrated by armed groups. The sixty-five streetlights installed with funding from MONUSCO will light up the public streets of the village, plagued by insecurity. The cost of this quick impact project is worth US$48,300. During the…
"Every cloud has a silver lining". The expression has been used by Jeanine, Alain, and Henry, the three staff working for the city hall in Beni who are pleased with the improvement in their working conditions since the construction of the new building, financed by MONUSCO. Almost two years after the inauguration of the new city hall, they still do not seem to have come down from their little cloud. “The city hall fire was a necessary evil" to…