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During a working session with MONUSO’s substantive sections in Uvira, South Kivu Province, on 6 th August, some 20 women leaders from the region assessed the critical and worrying situation in the territories of Fizi, Mwenga…

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, women in Beni, North-Kivu province, have come forward as key players in the fight against the spread of the coronavirus. With support from the United Nations Mission in the Democratic…

The effervescent or rather fizzy and adventurous activities as planned by the RSA Battalion Gender Officer Gift Molepo and Chaplain Dorah Mphahlele for the 9th August National Women's Day celebrations were held at the…

Kananga, 2 Juil 2018 - The commitment was made through their Representative Régine Mbombo, coordinator of the Educated Women and Girls’ League for Development (LIFID), at the end of a two-day workshop organized by MONUSCO…

Goma, march the 8th 2018 – MONUSCO Strategic Communications and Public Information Section has organized a debate on 08 March 2018 on the role of the media in the advancement of women as part of activities to commemorate the…

Goma, 27 July 2017 - The Deputy Secretary-General Madam Amina J Mohammed has taken a firm resolve to ensure that the women in the MUGUNGA consolidated camp for Internal Displaced Persons (IDP) Camp return home in “Dignity and…

25 July 2017 – The importance of reversing the tragedies of violence, particularly against women and children, and ensuring that women's and girl's voices are heard in all aspects of society are at the core of the second leg…

Written message on International Women’s Day New York, 8 March 2017 Women’s rights are human rights. But in these troubled times, as our world becomes more unpredictable and chaotic, the rights of women and girls are being…

Uvira, 4 April 2016 – The United Nations Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo actively participated in a conference-debate in Uvira to mark the end of the Women’s Day celebrations as commemorated the whole of the month of…

Goma, 13 March, 2016 - Activities to mark this year’s International Women’s Day, commemorated under the theme Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up For Gender Equality, have continued to spread to all parts of the Democratic…

MONUSCO’s Gender Section celebrated the 2016 Edition of the International Women’s Day between 8-16 March 2016 in Goma, Bunia, Kisangani and Bukavu and in Masisi territory in Eastern DRC. The day was set aside to celebrate…

Some 50 participants from the civil society, local authorities, academics, journalists and MONUSCO staff took part in the debates in the framework of a thematic round table held in MONUSCO HQ in Goma on March 12th. The round…