Too often the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is reduced to ‘the rape capital of the world,' a tragic title

The appointment of a presidential adviser on conflict-related sexual violence and child recruitment in the Democratic

Last Sunday, President Paul Kagame met with Rwandan women of all walks of life to celebrate the country's 20th libera

Gaspard, the taxi driver taking me back to my hotel after dinner, is 27. So he was just a boy in 1994.

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Concern is mounting that British aid money may be funding police who are using rape as a tool of state-sanctioned tor

I have met survivors of rape, ranging from babies a few months old to elderly women: in my country, the Democratic Re

Two decades after the 1994 genocide, a television journalist returns to hear the extraordinary testimony of women who

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Four musical sisters are launching a campaign to raise awareness about violence against women.

Time is a luxury and those without money, safety and security don't have it.

Living in the lush mountainous region in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Wivine Mwbawa would spend hours ea

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As civil war raged in Burundi since the 1996 outbreak of armed conflict between ethnic Tutsi and Hutu groups, in his

Female Police officers have vowed to fight for the rights of women and girls in their respective areas of operation b

Working with others to make a difference

Rwanda's new parliament was seated this month, with higher female representation than any other country in the world

"Congolese officials should fulfill their obligations...

BY GITURA MWAURA, 10 OCTOBER 2013

ANALYSIS

On a sunny day in early May, in Ndu, northwest Cameroon, a group of women, many of whom have taken the day off from w

Fifty Rwanda Defence Forces (RDF) officers yesterday concluded a two-day course on "prevention and response to c

There is need to invest in women's empowerment and leadership in order for countries to achieve sustainable developme

UN Secretary General, Ban ki-Moon and World Bank president, Dr.