Yanar is the co-founder and President of the Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq (OWFI). Since it's inception in 2003, the organization has campaigned for women's political, civic and human rights in Iraq. One of it's operations is running secret women's shelters in Baghdad. These safehouses ...read more
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Meet Chouchou Namegabe. Chouchou is an outspoken Congolese radio journalist and co-founder of the South Kivu Women’s Media Association (AFEM).
Chouchou grew up in Bukavu, eastern Congo listening to the transistor radio broadcast news from all over the Congo. She took notice of something odd—she ...read more
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Héritiers de la Justice was founded in 1991 following the repressive Mobutu Sese Seku regime in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The organization is dedicated to advancing peace, seeking justice for survivors and training generations of human rights defenders.
Héritiers de la Justice is ...read more
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Meet Solange Lwashiga Furaha. Solange is the Executive Secretary of the South Kivu Congolese Women’s Caucus for Peace.
Solange lives in Bukavu, a city in the South Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Solange is a formidable activist with years of experience advocating for ...read more
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The Panzi Hospital is a world renowned teaching hospital that specializes in women’s health and sexual violence in Bukavu, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
The Hospital was founded by Dr. Denis Mukwege in 1999. Dr. Mukwege had witnessed the alarming increase in rape and sexual violence that ...read more
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Welcome to the Karibuni Wamama Medical Centre! Located in Bunia, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Karibuni Wamama provides holistic health services to women survivors of sexual violence.
Karibuni Wamama officially opened in October 2010. The Centre is housed in the former Médecins Sans ...read more
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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.
Immediately ...read more
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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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