- Gender
Action for women during DRC elections
The MONUSCO Office of Gender Affairs has launched a series of projects aimed to improve security and participation of women and girls in the DRC during the electoral process. The first project entitled ‘Research Action’ aimed…
DRC prepares to commemorate Women’s Day 2012
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
8 March Celebrated with Pomp in Goma
Goma, 8 March 2011 – On 8 March, the International Women's Day was celebrated with splendor in Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, which shares the western borders of Rwanda and Uganda. One of the highlights of the day…
- International Women's Day
8 March Celebrated with Pomp in Goma
Goma, 8 March 2011 – On 8 March, the International Women's Day was celebrated with splendor in Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, which shares the western borders of Rwanda and Uganda. One of the highlights of the day…
- International Women's Day
8 March Celebrated with Pomp in Goma
Goma, 8 March 2011 – On 8 March, the International Women's Day was celebrated with splendor in Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, which shares the western borders of Rwanda and Uganda. One of the highlights of the day…
- International Women's Day
Goma: MONUSCO Women Bring Relief to Muzenze Inmates
Goma, 9 March 2011 – This day was unlike any other at the Muzenze central prison in Goma. The reception area was jam packed and among them, Ms. Hiroute Gebre Sallasie, head of the office of the United Nations Stabilization…
- International Women's Day
Women's month focusses on “Education for Peace” in Goma
Goma, 7 February 2011 – In Goma, political party leaders, civil society and army representatives, and students, among them many women, met on 7 February to talk peace. The Goma branch of Radio Okapi, initiated the discussion…
- International Women's Day
MONUSCO’s Women Bring Relief to Prisoners in Kangbayi
Beni, 9 March 2011 – In Beni, female staff of the UN Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO) joined several local women in a parade marking the International Women's Day. Women from all social groups joined in a…
- International Women's Day
Kisangani Central Prison’s Female Inmates Receive Donation
Kisangani, 7 March 2011 – On the eve of the commemoration of the International Women's Day, the UN Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) and the local church donated foodstuffs and a specially…
- International Women's Day
- Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (CRSV)
International Women’s Day Raises Awareness on Violence against Women
Iboko, 9 March 2011- In Equateur province, the United Nations marked the International Women's Day with activities to raise public awareness on the issue of violence against women. This choice was not fortuitous, as the…
- International Women's Day
Kindu celebrates International Women’s Day
Kindu, 8 March 2011 – In Kindu, Maniema province, all female staff of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), joined by local women from different walks of life, converged on a…
- International Women's Day
Bukavu: Women’s or Political Parties’ Day?
Bukavu, 8 March 2011 – International Women's Day was celebrated amidst confusion in Bukavu, the provincial capital of South Kivu. The event was marked by a big march attended by several women displaying banners and symbols of…