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- Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (CRSV)
Specialized unit to fight sexual violence in Mbuji-Mayi
Mbuji Mayi, 13 November 2012 – The public prosecutor's office in Mbuji Mayi, Kasaï Oriental province, located at the center of the Democratic Republic of Congo, has now a specialized unit as part of the fight against sexual…
Civil society in Bas-Congo seeking a facelift
Matadi, 14 November 2012 – A three-day workshop opened on 14 November 2012 in Matadi, Bas-Congo province, to address issues concerning civil society, such as capacity-building, restructuring of thematic groups and the holding…
MONUSCO Provides Vocational Training for some Matadi Women
Matadi, 6 November 2012 – Twenty two learners completed on 3 November 2012 their training at the Centre de Récupération du Réseau des Femmes africaines économistes (REFAE) located in the neighbourhood of Ville-Basse in Matadi…
MONUSCO Police devise project to improve security in displaced camps
Goma, 26 February 2013 – The Police of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) is planning to develop a pilot project of more than one million dollars to train and…
- Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (CRSV)
FARDC officers receive training to address sexual violence in Ituri
Bunia, 2 June 2012 – Twenty-five officers and non-commissioned officers of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) underwent five days of training on sexual violence. The training, which started on…
UNPOL assist Mpokolo Wa Moy care center in Kananga
Kananga, 15 June 2012 – A newly deployed Formed Police Unit of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) in Kananga, the capital of Kasaï Occidental province, visited…
Internally displaced persons in Binyampuli find refuge at nearby MONUSCO Base
Goma, 28 May 2012 – Scores of villagers in Walikale territory, Nord Kivu province, fled their homes following repeated attacks from armed elements. Some 2000 villagers found refuge in a primary school in Binyampuli, close to…
- Gender
MONUSCO commemorates the 15th anniversary of UNSCR. 1325 (2000)
About 50 women activists converged in Goma on 30 October 15, 2015 to take stock of the implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 in DRC and in North Kivu in particular. The event organized by MONUSCO…
Pillay cites 'appalling' human rights record of leaders of M23 mutineers, fears further abuses
Geneva, 19 June 2012 - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, expressed deep concern Tuesday about the safety of the civilian population living in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as…
- Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (CRSV)
FARDC training on the issue of sexual violence in Ituri
Bunia, 15 June 2012 –Twenty-five officers and non-commissioned officers of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) underwent five-day training on sexual violence. During the workshop which started on…