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Gender Offices in DRC
MONSUCO Headquarters Jamila Seftaoui (Senior Gender Adviser, Chief of Section) Catalina Perdomo (Gender Expert) Agbeko Koffi Sodjinou (Gender Affairs Officer) Sandy Grubic (Women’s Political Participation Officer) Marissa…
Women Peace and Security in Peacekeeping
Women are disproportionally affected during the aftermath of violent conflict, while pre-existing gender inequalities and discrimination are exacerbated. Women and girls are also active agents of peace and participants in…
Resolutions 1325 and 1820
Resolution 1325 UNSC. Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security (WPS), unanimously adopted on 31 October 2000, is one of the most important international mandates that deals with all issues relating to women, peace and…
Mandates and Objectives
The main mandate of the Gender Affairs Section is to guide the Mission’s leadership, components, sections and offices as to ensure gender responsiveness throughout their strategic planning and operational activities. As per…
Women and elections
Women have a critical role to play in the consolidation of peace in the DRC and for the positive outcome of the process. However, several obstacles make women’s participation in the electoral process more difficult than men’s…
Gender publications
Résolution 1325 du Conseil de Sécurité de l'Organisation des Nations Unies (2000) Résolution S/RES/1820 (2008) sur les femmes et la paix et la sécurité Resolution S/RES/2242 (2015) on Women and peace and security
Key documents
Security Council Resolutions on Women, Peace and Security Security Council resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security (2000): This landmark resolution addressed, for the first time, the disproportionate and unique impact of…
Global Open Day: Partnerships for Peace
Kinshasa, 28 mai 2010.- Les femmes leaders et membres d’associations féminines de la société civile définissent le Plan d’Action National d’application de la Résolution 1325, Paix, Femmes et Sécurité. Le système des Nations…
International Women’s Day, 08 March
Kinshasa, 2 March 2012 – As part of the International Women’s Day commemoration on 8 March, the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Ministry for Gender, Family and Children, in partnership with the United Nations System, is…
International Women’s Day 2010
Programme of activities • Women’s Day – 8 March In 1975, the United Nations chose the date of 8 March to commemorate International Women's Day (IWD). Two years later, in December 1977, the General Assembly adopted a…