Statement by the Congolese Survivor Movement on the arrest of peaceful protesters
Confronted with women and girls held in sexual slavery in the Kasaï region, Congolese authorities turn a blind eye on the situation and silence protesters. In December 2017, the United Nations...
Communiqué du Mouvement des survivant.e.s concernant l'arrêt des manifestants
Devant la situation des femmes et filles retenues comme esclaves sexuelles dans le Kasaï, les autorités congolaises ferment les yeux et bâillonnent la parole les manifestants. En décembre 2017,...
Kavumu trial: Appeal verdict upholds all convictions
On Thursday night, the High Military Court of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (HMC) has confirmed the convictions of all 11 accused in the Kavumu case. In 2017, 11 men were found guilty of...
Learning from Congo: First expert training on care for sexual violence survivors in Iraq
During the first training on specialized and quality care for survivors of conflict-related sexual violence in July in Northern Iraq, Dr Denis Mukwege shared his experience from his work in Congo with...
In Geneva, sexual violence survivors lobby international community for recognition and rep...
Survivors of sexual violence demand recognition of and reparations for the harm they suffered. With the support of the Mukwege Foundation, a delegation of women from Congo, Guinea, Iraq and Kosovo met...
A Genève, des survivantes de violences sexuelles interpellent la communauté internationale...
Les survivantes de violences sexuelles demandent une reconnaissance et des réparations pour le préjudice qu’elles ont subi. Avec le soutien de la Fondation Mukwege, une délégation de femmes du...
Le mouvement national des survivantes de RDC se mobilise pour la Journée mondiale contre l...
Depuis cette année, le 19 juin célèbre la Journée Internationale pour l’Elimination du Viol et des Violences sexuelles en temps de conflit dans le monde. La violence contre les femmes et les...
Acquittal in important ICC sexual violence case a great disappointment
Appeals judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) overturned on Friday the conviction of the former Congolese vice-president Jean-Pierre Bemba. “The acquittal is a great disappointment and a...
More than 800 rape survivors protest against increasing violence, following latest mass ra...
More than 800 Congolese survivors of wartime sexual violence gathered in Bukavu on Thursday to protest against a recent increase in violence, following two recent mass rapes in the east of the...
