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Central African Republic

The Central African Republic (CAR) has a population of 4.4 million (UN, 2009) with an area of 622,984 sq km (240,535 sq miles). The capital is Bangui. The major languages are French and Sangho (lingua franca).

The CAR has been unstable since its independence from France in 1960. Recently, in 2009, several hundred armed men, thought to be members of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), abducted more than 100 men, women and children in eastern CAR.

* Central Africa Republic ratified The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) on June 21, 1991
* Central Africa Republic does not have a National Action Plan on United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (UNSCR 1325)
* Central Africa Republic does has a UN peacekeeping mandate: United Nations Mission in the African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT)

Sources:BBC; Amnesty International; UNIFEM

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  • October 31, 2011 (AlertNet)
    AFRICA: Peacebuilders Fail Africa's Women Victims of War Thousands of women and girls who have been abducted by armed groups, enslaved and repeatedly raped during conflicts across Africa are left without support when the war ends, experts say.
  • June 15, 2011 (Wired)
    CENTRAL AFRICA: African Village Uses Tech to Fight Off a Rape Cult An old woman had died. Before burying the her, the residents of the village of Obo — in southern Central African Republic, just north of the Congolese border — gathered around a campfire to eat, drink, cry and sing in celebration of the woman's long life. It was a night in March 2008, just another beat in the slow rhythm of existence in this farming community of 13,000 people.
  • April 25, 2011 (IRIN)
    CAR: Supporting Women's Rights in Remote Areas Violations of human rights are on the increase in northeastern Central African Republic (CAR), with aid workers expressing concern for protection of civilians amid renewed clashes between government troops and the Convention of Patriots for Justice and Peace (CPJP) rebels - one of the few groups that has not signed a peace agreement with the government.
  • April 14, 2011 (Open Society Justice Initiative )
    DRC/CAR: Congolese Raped Central African Women for Supporting Rebels An expert in the use of rape as a tool of war today said Congolese soldiers raped Central African women as “punishment” for supporting rebels who attempted to overthrow then president Ange-Félix Patassé. The women were able to identify the nationality of their attackers because the soldiers spoke a language the women could identify as Congolese.
  • April 13, 2011 (Open Society Justice Initiative )
    CAR: Expert: How Bemba Soldiers Used Rape as a Weapon of War In his second day of testimony, an expert on rape as a tool of war today described to the Jean-Pierre Bemba trial the reasons for use of sexual violence during the 2002-2003 armed conflict in the Central African Republic (CAR).

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