Meet Godelieve Mukasarasi. Godelieve is the founder of Solidarity for the Development of Widows and Orphans to Promote Self-Sufficiency and Livelihoods (SEVOTA), an organization that promotes the socio-economic rights of Rwandans widowed and orphaned by the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
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The Fonds pour les Femmes Congolaises (FFC) – Congolese Women’s Fund – is a monetary fund that provides much-needed financial resources to women-led grassroots initiatives and organizations in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The FFC was established by Julienne Lusenge, Director and Founder of ...read more
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The City of Joy was founded in 2011 in Bukavu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. It is a home for women survivors of sexual violence and a transformational leadership center. The City of Joy was founded with support from the Panzi Foundation, and the V-Day Movement and provides a community ...read more
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Meet Neema Namadamu. Neema is the founder of Maman Shujaa, a powerful women-led initiative that uses digital media to amplify the voices of women demanding peace in eastern Congo.
Neema was born and raised in a remote village in eastern Congo. She was stricken by polio at age two – an illness ...read more
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Meet Esperance Kavira Furaha.
Esperance is a young and up-and-coming women’s rights and peace activist from the province of North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Esperance works with Solidarité Féminine pour la Paix et le Développement Intégral/ Women’s Solidarity for Peace and ...read more
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Meet Julienne Lusenge.
Julienne is the President of Female Solidarity for Integrated Peace and Development (SOFEPADI), a coalition of 40 women’s organizations in the Eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
SOFEPADI works to defend and protect women’s rights and provide ...read more
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In late June 2013, thousands of women in Texas took to the streets--and the Senate chambers--as politicians debated Senate Bill 5, dealing with women's reproductive rights. As Wendy Davis, a Democratic Senator from Fort Worth, engaged in a marathon filibuster on June 25, in efforts to prevent a ...read more
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Meet Jodie Evans, Co-Founder and Co-Director of CODEPINK, a women-initiated grassroots peace and social justice movement that seeks to end U.S. funded warsand occupations, challenge militarism globally, and redirect resources used for conflict into life-affirming activities.
Jodie has worked as a ...read more
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Meet Mariem Omari, Deputy Director of Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML), an international solidarity network that provides support for women whose lives are shaped by laws and customs said to derive from Islam.
As Deputy Director, Mariem works to support the WLUML network and encourage the ...read more
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Meet Rawan Eghbariah, Legal Coordinator with New Profile, a volunteer grassroots organization committed toreforming Israel from a soldier state to an active peacemaking society. As Legal Coordinator, Rawan works together with Israeli men and women to provide legal support to Israeli youth who resist ...read more
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Meet Sussan Tahmasebi, Co-Founder of the International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN), an organization committed to supporting women’s civil society activism on rights, peace and security in conflict affected or transitioning countries. Sussan currently serves as Director of ICAN’s MENA region ...read more
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Meet Rebecca Johnson, Founder and Director of the Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy, an organization that provides high quality analysis and strategies to develop and support multilateral disarmament and security agreements.
Rebecca has worked in the field ofnuclear disarmament and ...read more
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