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- Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (CRSV)
UN High Level panel to hear from victims of sexual violence in the DRC
Kinshasa/Geneva, 29 September 2010 – A high-level panel, convened by the High Commissioner for Human Rights, will meet with and hear directly from victims of sexual violence in the DRC. Through interactive dialogue, survivors…
- Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (CRSV)
UN Special Representative on sexual violence is paying a working visit to the DRC
Kinshasa, 28 September 2010 - Margot Wallstrom is in the Democratic Republic of Congo for a working visit from 28 September to 6 October 2010. This is a follow up to her previous mission to the country in April 2010; and also…
Goma: A Monument Unveiled in Honor of the Men and Women Fallen in North Kivu
Goma, 22 March 2011 – The Uruguayan contingent in the UN Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO) unveiled a monument dedicated to the memory of those who died during conflicts in North Kivu in Goma on 22 March…
Equateur Province: Round Table on Women’s Participation in Society
Mbandaka, 23 March 2011 – Some 50 women leaders from the North and South Ubangi districts of Equateur province held a round table discussion at the office of the UN Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO) in Mbandaka…
Blue Helmets Put off Fire, Save Lives
Bukavu, 21 February 2011 – Blue Helmets based in Bukavu, in the South Kivu Province, intervened on 21 February to put off fire in a home located in the nearby town of Mitti. According to the Quick Reaction Force made of…
MONUSCO Equips Mahagi and Aru prisons with Beds
Bunia, 9 February 2011 – As part of its support to the prison system in the district of Ituri, the Correction Unit of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), recently offered…
Congolese Police Trainers Receive Training in Kinshasa
Kinshasa, 14 February 2011 – The UN Police Unit in charge of training, in collaboration with the Congolese Police Complaints Authority, initiated a week-long training for the National Police trainers which started on 14…
Within the Armed Forces of the DRC, women account for 2.13% of general officers. This figure drops to 0.03% within the Congolese National Police.
DRC: women seek to play a greater role in national security policy
On Monday, March 30, women in Kinshasa took part in a forum focused on integrating gender considerations into the future National Security.
MONUSCO on a public-awareness campaign about its mandate
Kinshasa, 1 February 2012 – On 31 January 2012 in Kinshasa, the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), through its Office of Public Information, organized an…
Hervé Ladsous visits eastern DRC after Kinshasa
Goma, 27 January 2012 - Following his arrival in Kinshasa on 24 January 2012, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Hervé Ladsous, traveled to Goma, the capital of Nord Kivu province, on 27…