16 jours d’activisme: Congo

Foundation news November 30, 2017

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16 Days of Activism campaign: Congo

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16 Days of Activism campaign: Colombia

Foundation news November 28, 2017

During the civil war in Colombia, sexual violence was used by armed groups to punish communities, instill fear in its citizens and impose military control.  Despite the Peace Agreement last year that...

16 Days of Activism campaign: Iraq

Foundation news November 27, 2017

  During the international 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign, we are helping spread the message of survivors of sexual violence in conflict zones worldwide. They are...

Contribution to new Guidelines to combat sexual violence in Africa

Foundation news November 20, 2017

The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) has launched its Guidelines on combating sexual violence and its consequences in Africa in November. The Mukwege Foundation has...

Kavumu child rape trial to start in Congo

Foundation news November 8, 2017

After several days of uncertainty, the trial for the Kavumu rapes is scheduled to finally open today in Bukavu. Nearly five years after the first attacks and following an international mobilization...

Trial in Kavumu child rape case starts

Foundation news November 3, 2017

Five years ago, armed men started to attack the village of Kavumu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). They came during the nights, abducted more than 40 children and raped them. The...

Open Letter to UN ambassadors: More action necessary for women, peace and security

Foundation news October 16, 2017

Together with 390 other organizations we signed an open letter calling for more action to to put the goals of the Women, Peace and Security agenda into practice. Real efforts to materialize gender...

Sexual violence and torture against women in Syrian prisons: report

Foundation news September 1, 2017

In prisons across Syria, sexual violence is used as a method of torture against women, a Syrian human rights organization reports. The detention of women, the conditions and the violence to which...

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