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02.11.2022 Anadolu Agency: Godfree Olukya

More than 320 women accused of witchcraft in South Kivu since June, according to a local group … KAMPALA, Uganda  … Old women in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are killed on allegations that they practice witchcraft. A 67-year-old woman…

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02.11.2022 Dana Kirkegart

Elisee, the head nurse at the health facility in the DRC, is examining a pregnant woman. UNFPA DRC/Sven Torfinn … This article contains stories of sexual assault, including toward children. Please take care when reading. The Democratic Republic of…

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02.11.2022 Hele Vesperini

Women have borne and continue to bear a disproportionate amount of the suffering caused by two decades of conflict in North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Women, separated from their husbands by the conflict, end up being the…

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02.11.2022 Yao Bongoma

Yao Bongoma was the African Wildlife Foundation's Communications Officer in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In some countries around the world, women are still not equal to men in law. Yet, within these same countries, the very building blocks of…

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02.11.2022 ACN Leadership: By Mercy Maina

Members of the Association Villageoise d’Epargne et Crédit (AVEC) partnering with the Salesians to help vulnerable women in the DRC. The plight of more than 400 women in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) who can no longer meet their financial…

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02.11.2022 UN Communique

  … Democratic Republic of Congo Women and gender in conflict contexts Gender-based violence UN fund for torture victims … The large compound holds buildings painted in vivid colors. Patients waiting for their turns sit silently on wooden benches…