Rapports

Je suis arrivée à Goma aujourd'hui. J'ai survolé le beau paysage de cette province et j'ai été confrontée, dès mon atterrissage, à la dure et extrême réalité que vivent les gens sur le terrain. Presque chaque semaine, des hommes…

I arrived in Goma today. I flew over the beautiful landscape of this province, and landed to find an immensely difficult reality confronting people on the ground. Almost every week, armed men attack villages throughout North Kivu - often looting,…

By Baudry Aluma BUKAVU, DR Congo, Mar 8, 2011 (IPS) - Eleven soldiers found culpable in the rape of more than 50 women in the Congolese town of Fizi Centre in January, have begun serving lengthy sentences in the provincial…

As the world celebrates the International Women's Day, it is time to reflect and recollect. But, importantly, it is time to hear the voices of women that were once suffocated and subjugated speak out. This is importantly so, because…

Over 600 women, school children with dozens of cyclists marked the International Women Day this Tuesday with a 2km walk in Rwanda's Nyanza district to demand respect for women rights, investment in women farmers and an end to all…

(New York, 8 March 2011) The Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has allocated US$6 million dollars to help tens of thousands of refugees who have fled to Liberia from Côte d'Ivoire. More than 70,000 Ivoirians have registered as refugees in…

Women in civil society in Africa continue to face major hurdles Johannesburg. 8 March 2011. Women in civil society in Africa are particularly prone to intimidation and harassment says a new report released today by CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation.…

The ITC-ILO will celebrate International Women's Day with a group of African women and men participants who are actively promoting women's rights and empowerment in their own countries in the West African region. Participants from Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Togo, Benin…

The following interview was conducted in Nairobi last week. The questions were answered by the Regional director (Africa) of Intersos, Mr Marcelo Garcia, who is based in Nairobi. 1. When and why did INTERSOS start operating in the Haut…

Edited by Jennifer Erin Salahub African Women on the Thin Blue Line explores how women in civil society and their female counterparts in the police are experiencing police reform processes in two conflict-affected African contexts: Liberia and Southern Sudan. It…