Congo + 1 more
BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo — “The women I see are usually in a critical state. They are destitute and don’t have any means to support themselves,” says Albertine Lelo, a midwife in Dongou, a small town…
Central African Republic + 11 more
African refugees do not need more pledges, but for governments to act on those already made. BY ALLEHONE MULUGETA ABEBE As Africa joins the world in marking the 60th anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention, it is also…
Côte d'Ivoire + 3 more
Human Rights Council MORNING 17 June 2011 Extends Mandates of Commission of Inquiry on Libya, and of the Special Rapporteurs on Human Rights of Migrants and on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights The Human Rights Council this morning adopted…
Côte d'Ivoire + 1 more
Human Rights Council Seventeenth session Agenda item 4 Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention Summary Human Rights Council resolution 16/25 established an independent, international commission of inquiry to “investigate the facts and circumstances surrounding the allegations of serious abuses…
Côte d'Ivoire + 1 more
Human Rights Council Seventeenth session Agenda items 2 and 4 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Human rights situations that require the Council’s…
Côte d'Ivoire + 1 more
Human Rights Council Seventeenth session Agenda items 2 and 4 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Human rights situations that require the Council’s…
Cameroon
A conversation that started at the CIVICUS World Assembly is set to give the women of a northern rural village in Cameroon a new lease on life. By Rowena McNaughton IRENE Whittaker-Cumming has to pause to count before…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Province du Sud-Kivu • L’action humanitaire au Sud-Kivu est actuellement fortement handicapée par la dégradation du réseau routier et l’insécurité dans les zones évacuées par les éléments de l’armée nationale en route vers les centres de formation.…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
June 14, 2011 | Melanie Teff It seems like every day a new study on sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) appears, each with a completely different picture of the situation and totally…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
« Tutaenda ! », « nous irons ! » : d’une seule voix, les femmes de l’organisation de productrices de savon d’Uvira profèrent le nom de leur groupe, fières du chemin parcouru ensemble. Grâce à leur…
