Mame Rokhaya Lo prend son travail au sérieux car, pour elle, la paix est la chose la plus précieuse qui puisse exister. Photos MONUSCO / SENFPU Bunia
Mame Rokhaya Lo: “I Would Like to Be a Source of Inspiration for the Women in Ituri”
Women peacekeepers challenge the traditionally male-dominated landscape in the peacekeeping environment and serve as role models for women and girls to advocate for their own rights and get out of the 0traditional paths. On…
The participation in the Congolese government of Rose Mutombo, Minister of Justice, is the result of women's advocacy through UN Security Council Resolution 1325. / Photo MONUSCO
DRC: Breakthrough in the Implementation of the National Action Plan in line with the UNSC Resolution 1325
Progress has been made in the implementation of the National Action Plan in line with the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security, although further efforts are still required in compliance…
North Kivu: Women peacekeepers from Malawi encourage women in Beni to build peace in their community. Photo MONUSCO/Force
North Kivu: Women peacekeepers from Malawi encourage women in Beni to build peace in their community
As part of the activities commemorating the International Women's Day in Beni, North Kivu, the Women's Engagement Team (FET) of MONUSCO's Malawi Battalion (MALBATT) organized a meeting with women from rural communities in…
Bintou Keita Encourages Solidarity among Women for a Better Female Leadership in the DRC. Photo Monusco/ Carine Tope
KINSHASA: Bintou Keita Encourages Solidarity among Women for a Better Female Leadership in the DRC
KINSHASA: Bintou Keita Encourages Solidarity among Women for a Better Female Leadership in the DRC The Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Bintou Keita chaired on March 22…
Bintou Keita Encourages Solidarity among Women for a Better Female Leadership in the DRC. Photo Monusco/ Carine Tope
KINSHASA: Bintou Keita Encourages Solidarity among Women for a Better Female Leadership in the DRC
KINSHASA: Bintou Keita Encourages Solidarity among Women for a Better Female Leadership in the DRC The Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Bintou Keita chaired on March 22…
Bintou Keita Encourages Solidarity among Women for a Better Female Leadership in the DRC. Photo Monusco/ Carine Tope
KINSHASA: Bintou Keita Encourages Solidarity among Women for a Better Female Leadership in the DRC
KINSHASA: Bintou Keita Encourages Solidarity among Women for a Better Female Leadership in the DRC The Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Bintou Keita chaired on March 22…
BENI: MONUSCO raise awareness of vulnerable women about the prevention of sexual abuse and exploitation. PHOTO MONUSCO/Michael Ali
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BENI: MONUSCO raise awareness of vulnerable women about the prevention of sexual abuse and exploitation
The Conduct and Discipline team of MONUSCO office in Beni, North Kivu, organized on March 26 an awareness-raising workshop for vulnerable women, generally referred to as "free women" in other words unmarried women, on the…
DRC: MONUSCO Supports the New Demobilization Program for Ex-combatants. Photo Monusco/Carine Tope
DRC: MONUSCO Supports the New Demobilization Program for Ex-combatants
The Democratic Republic of Congo has adopted a national strategy for the implementation of the Demobilization, Disarmament, Community Recovery and Stabilization Program (P-DDRCS) for ex-combatants. The appropriation ceremony…
MONUSCO Pays Tribute to the Blue Helmets Killed in Helicopter Crash
MONUSCO Pays Tribute to the Blue Helmets Killed in Helicopter Crash
MONUSCO paid a last tribute to the eight peacekeepers from Pakistan, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Serbia who lost their lives in helicopter crash on March 29 in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The…
MONUSCO Advocates for Positive Masculinity among DRC Security Forces. Photo Monusco/Carine Tope
MONUSCO Advocates for Positive Masculinity among DRC Security Forces
MONUSCO Gender Section organized on March 31 in Kinshasa, an awareness-raising workshop on the promotion of positive masculinities as a tool in the fight against sexual and gender-based violence. Roughly sixty officers and…
BENI: MONUSCO's Malawian Contingent Trained in the Jungle Combat Techniques. Photo Monusco/ Tadziwana Kapeni
BENI: MONUSCO's Malawian Contingent Trained in the Jungle Combat Techniques
The Brazilian Jungle Warfare Mobile Training Team (JWMTT) wrapped up, on April 1, a training in the jungle warfare mobile techniques for the Malawian Contingent (MALBATT) troops deployed within MONUSCO Force Intervention…
DRC: MONUSCO Pays Tribute to the Nepalese Peacekeeper who died in combat in Ituri. Photo Monusco/ JEAN TOBIE OKALA
DRC: MONUSCO Pays Tribute to the Nepalese Peacekeeper who died in combat in Ituri
DRC: MONUSCO Pays Tribute to the Nepalese Peacekeeper who died in combat in Ituri MONUSCO and the Ituri Provincial Security Committee have paid their last respects to Anil GURUNG, the Nepalese peacekeeper who died on April 5…