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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The Women of Congo Speak Out delegation is travelling to eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to meet with women-led groups working for peace in their communities. The delegation is working to spotlight women in Congo who are employing innovative strategies to end rape and sexual violence, and the ...read more
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The Women of Congo Speak Out delegation met with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Bunia, Democractic Republic of Congo, for a briefing on the security situation in the region. Afterwards, the delegation heard from the women of SOFEPADI about their work to ...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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The International Campaign to Stop Rape & Gender Violence in Conflict highlights the need to protect civilians against sexual violence in conflict. The Campaign urges governments to prioritize the protection of sexual violence survivors against future attacks. In many ...read more
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The Women of Congo Speak Out delegation met with Godelieve Mukasarasi in Kigali to learn more about how sexual violence was used throughout the Rwandan genocide. Godelieve is the founder of SEVOTA - an organization dedicated to supporting widows and orphans of the genocide - and has a long history ...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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By Rachel Vincent
“I would say 5% were good, 5% were neutral—and the rest of the 90% were evil.”
So says a Tutsi survivor, talking about her fellow Rwandans in a videotaped interview that is part of the very moving exhibit at the Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre. The Centre opened 10 years ...read more
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