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Within Africa, PeaceWomen is currently monitoring 23 countries. The section can be navigated by sub-region and country.
PeaceWomen focuses our updates on materials related to women, peace and security and therefore our resources should not be seen as a comprehensive source on the broader situation in these countries.
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News
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September 2, 2010 (BBC)
DRC: Congo Mass Rape Numbers Rise to 240 Some 240 women, girls and babies may have been raped after rebels recently seized a town in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the UN says. Officials had previously said they had received reports of 150 rapes in and around the town of Luvungi. -
September 2, 2010 (Strategy Page)
DRC: With No Peace To Keep, Peacekeepers Told To Leave UN investigators have accused a group of rebels of gang rape. Members of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) committed the crime in late July in a small village in North Kivu province (eastern Congo). At least 200 FDLR rebels participated in a series of night-long assaults on women in the village. -
September 2, 2010 (AllAfrica)
UGANDA: NGO to Train Women Candidates Women Democracy Group, an NGO, has launched a campaign to train 3,000 women who are to contest for various seats in the forthcoming general elections. -
September 2, 2010 (The Citizen)
EAST AFRICA: UN set to empower Dar women before elections The UN is set to empower Tanzanian women ahead of the General Election in October 31, the world body said in a statement released Wednesday. It said the empowerment includes improving their skills in public speaking, media engagement, campaign planning, presentations, community mobilisation, advocacy and lobbying. -
September 1, 2010 (AllAfrica)
LIBERIA: Choosing Family Over Education Meriam Dukumue, like the majority of women in her country, cannot read and write. Having suffered through years of conflict and now the breadwinner of her family, she is giving her children and husband what she never had – an education.
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Resources
- An 'Other' Woman's Rape: Abjection and Objection in Representations of War Rape Victims in the DRC, Amanda Lea Victoor , June 2010 | Download PDF
- Report of the Mapping Exercise Documenting the Most Serious Violations of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law Committed Within the Territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Between March 1993 and June 2003, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, June 2010 | Download PDF
- War, Gender and Culture: Mozambican Women Refugees, 2003 | Download PDF
- Women's Participation in the Rwandan Genocide: Mothers or Monsters?, International Review of the Red Cross, March 2010 | Download PDF
- Policy Seminar Report: Women in Post-Conflict Societies in Africa, Centre for Conflict Resolution, United Nations Development Fund for Women, August 2010 | Download PDF
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Initiatives
- WORKSHOP: CEMESP Empowers Female Journalists With Computer-Internet Skills, Training & Workshops, , September 2, 2010
- UNIFEM to Prep Women Candidates in Lead-Up to 2010 Tanzanian Elections, Training & Workshops, United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), 31 October 2010
- VIDEO: Ugandan Women Fight for Rights, Multi-Media, , August 26, 2010
- STATEMENT: Statement by Ambassador Susan E. Rice, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, on the Situation in the DRC, Statements, , August 24, 2010
- VIDEO: Every 8 Minutes, Multi-Media, , August 12, 2010
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PeaceWomen Publications
- Monthly Action Points (MAP) on Women, Peace and Security, NGOWG, June 2010 (NGO), MAP , June 2010
- Monthly Action Points (MAP) on Women, Peace and Security, NGOWG, May 2010 (NGO), MAP , May 1, 2010
- Monthly Action Points (MAP) on Women, Peace and Security, NGOWG, April 2010 (NGO), MAP , April 1, 2010
- Monthly Action Points (MAP) on Women, Peace and Security, NGOWG, March 2010 (NGO), MAP , March 1, 2010
- Monthly Action Points (MAP) on Women, Peace and Security, NGOWG, February 2010 (NGO), MAP , February 1, 2010
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Events
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October 1, 2010
Public Discussions on Women's Participation in Decision Making Positions Following the 2010 Elections -
October 1, 2010
Presentation of the 1325 In-Country Monitoring Report -
October 1, 2010
Panel Discussion on Women's Participation and Leadership in Conflict Affected Countries: Cases from Afghanistan, DRC and the Netherlands' Participation -
October 1, 2010
Poster Campaign on UNSCR 1325 -
October 1, 2010
Realities of Implementing 1325 In DRC – Dutch 1325 NGO Working Group, GNWP, International Alert and other NGOs
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