2005

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: The plight of rape victims endures
August 19, 2005 - (IRIN) Nearly five years after Congolese rebels introduced rape as a psychological weapon in the Central African Republic (CAR), individual victims and the nation as a whole are still dealing with the fallout.

2004

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: FOCUS ON DISARMED WOMEN
March 8, 2004 (IRIN) - The Central African Republic (CAR) had enjoyed relative stability for about 35 years after its independence when in 1996 it suddenly plunged into a series of conflicts that has since left it reeling in underdevelopment and its population in despair.


2003

WOMEN LEADERS DEMAND PARTICIPATION IN PROJECTS' APPROVAL TEAM
November 26, 2003 - (IRIN) The government of the Central African Republic should appoint women to a male-only Ministry of Planning committee charged with vetting projects for submission to donors, a former government minister, Lucienne Goddot, told said on Tuesday.

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: PEACEKEEPER KILLED AS HE RESCUES GIRL FROM GANG RAPE
November 24, 2003 – (IRIN) Armed robbers killed a Chadian soldier serving with the Economic and Monetary Community of Central African States (CEMAC) peacekeeping force when his squad attempted to rescue a 14-year-old girl from rape on Sunday in a suburb of Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic (CAR), an official told IRIN.

SEX WORKERS GET VOCATIONAL TRAINING
September 15, 2003 – (IRIN) Sex Workers in the Central African Republic completed on Saturday a five-day training session on starting and managing alternative revenue-generating activities, in an effort to help curb HIV/AIDS infection.

PROSTITUTES SEEK FUNDS TO START ALTERNATIVE BUSINESSES IN CENTRAL AFRICA REPUBLIC
August 25, 2003 – (IRIN) Forty prostitutes, who on Saturday completed three days of training in small business management, are seeking funds to launch alternative revenue-generating activities, Claudia Yetina, the chairwoman of the prostitutes' association in the Central African Republic, told IRIN.

U.N. OFFICIAL CITES NEEDS OF C.A.R. WOMEN, CHILDREN
June 20, 2003 – (UN Wire) Women and children in the northern Central African Republic are in urgent need of humanitarian aid, U.N. Population Fund official Adam Ahmat said this week after a four-day mission in the region.

WOMEN GET FOUR MORE SEATS IN TRANSITIONAL COUNCIL
May 19, 2003 – (IRIN) The government of the Central African Republic (CAR) has granted women's organisations four more seats in the ruling National Transitional Council, government-run Radio Centrafrique reported.

WOMEN WANT MORE POSTS IN TRANSITIONAL ADMINISTRATION
April 16, 2003 – (IRIN) grouping several women's organisations in the Central African Republic (CAR), the Organisation des femmes centrafricaines, has asked the country's new rulers to appoint more women to the recently established transitional institutions, the body's chairwoman told IRIN on Tuesday.

UNHCR TRAINS, EQUIPS REFUGEE WOMEN IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
January 15, 2003 – (UN Wire) Fifty refugee women began two-year vocational training courses in the Central African Republic Monday as part of a new $80,000 initiative of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees.

UN AGENCY TRAINS REFUGEE WOMEN
January 15, 2003 – (IRIN) The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has launched a programme in the Central African Republic (CAR) to train 50 refugee women in professional skills and provide another 550 with income-generating possibilities.

UNICEF ANTI-POVERTY PROGRAMME LAUNCHED IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
January 3, 2003 (IRIN) - UNICEF and the government of the Central African Republic (CAR) have signed a US $3.5-million-dollar agreement for programmes aimed at reducing poverty among women and children, according to a senior UNICEF official.

2002

WOMEN'S GROUP IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC APPEALS FOR RAPE VICTIMS
December 9, 2002 - (IRIN) The Organisation des femmes centrafricaines, a women's association in the Central African Republic (CAR), launched an aid appeal on 5 December for women raped during the October rebel uprising.

WOMEN”S GROUP APPEALS FOR RAPE VICTIMS (in French)
December 9, 2002 - (IRIN) The Organisation des femmes centrafricaines, a women's association in the Central African Republic (CAR), launched an aid appeal on 5 December for women raped during the October rebel uprising.

WOMEN UNDER-REPRESENTED IN HIGH POSITIONS
October 10, 2002 - (IRIN NEWS) Women in the Central African Republic (CAR) are struggling to improve their status in society. One of the ways in which they are trying to achieve this is to form associations to fight their cause. The Association of Women lawyers (Association des Femmes Juristes de Centrafrique) is one of these bodies at the forefront of the endeavour.

INTERVIEW WITH MARIE EDITH DOUZIMA-LAWSON, CHAIRWOMAN OF THE ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN LAWYERS
October 4, 2002 – (IRIN Interview) Women in the Central African Republic (CAR) are struggling to improve their status in society. One of the ways in which they are trying to achieve this is to form associations to fight their cause. The Association of Women lawyers (Association des Femmes Juristes de Centrafrique) is one of these bodies at the forefront of the endeavour. Its chairwoman, Marie Edith Douzima-Lawson, talked to IRIN about her association's work. Here are some excerpts from the interview.

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