Informes

DAKAR, 8 August 2011 (IRIN) - When Marie Jalloh first ran for office in 2007, resistance to women in politics in Sierra Leone was so strong she faced harassment and intimidation from local authorities. Now, not…

Matadi, le 05 août 2011 (caritasdev.cd) : la mise en place d’un cadre d’accueil des expulsés ainsi que d’une cellule d’écoute respectant les aspects du Genre, les conditions d’Hygiène et d’assainissement ; l’aide à la sédentarisation…

Communiqué de presse 159/11 Kigali (CICR) – La rénovation financée par le Comité international de la Croix-Rouge (CICR) du centre d'accueil pour enfants séparés de leur famille de Rusayo vient de s'achever. Plus de 300 enfants vont ainsi…

ICC-CPI-20110801-PR706 On Friday, 29 July 2011, Judge Joyce Aluoch, who is assigned to the Trial Division of the International Criminal Court (ICC or the Court), completed a five-day trip to Kenya and Rwanda, where she met with…

For 14 years, Liberia in West Africa was shattered by a bloody civil war. By 2003 it was officially over, but according to the United Nations, the legacy of violence continues. Today, sexual violence rates remain high,…

Thu, 07/28/2011 - 11:16 L’intérêt de la communauté internationale à l’égard la République démocratique du Congo (RDC) diminue. Pourtant, des centaines de milliers de Congolais sont toujours déplacés en raison de la violence actuelle. Ce changement d’attitude…

Tue, 07/26/2011 - 16:32 International interest in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is waning at a time when hundreds of thousands of Congolese continue to be displaced by ongoing violence. This shift risks squandering the substantial…

Trainings will contribute to protecting women and children from sexual violence and child soldiering MISSISSAUGA, Ont. (July 26, 2011)—World Vision, the Child Soldiers Initiative and the Pearson Peacekeeping Centre have launched training programs in eastern Democratic Republic of…

UN Women is supporting a project in Rwanda to provide legal and medical services to widows who survived the 1994 genocide. The project specifically focuses on providing services to widows with HIV/AIDS, thousands of who were…

Abstract Little is known about the situation facing widows and their dependent children in West Africa especially after the widow remarries. Women in Malian society are vulnerable to the loss of husbands especially in rural areas. Households…