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Refugee Women in Congo Are Planting the Seeds for Change With Cash Transfers [press release]
STORY HIGHLIGHTS The Lisungi project has empowered refugee women in Congo by providing conditional cash transfers, training, and small business grants, enabling them to start agricultural cooperatives ...
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Empowering women through literacy in the Democratic Republic of Congo
On International Women’s Day (8 March), the Collectif celebrates its vision: a world where literacy unlocks women’s power to drive sustainable development, social cohesion, and lasting peace.
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Congolese women use slam poetry to speak out amid conflict
These are the words penned and spoken by poet Esther Abumba, a resident of the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo. Aged 23 ... violence against women and injustice,'' she says. ''So I think young ...
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DRC: Mass violence against women during prison escapes, victims of freed criminals at risk across the country
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and its member and partner organisations (see signatories below) are alerting about the terrible wave of sexual violence against women in the ...
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Refugee women in Congo are planting the seeds for change with cash transfers
Refugees in Igne, Republic of Congo founded an agricultural cooperative to transform small land plots into thriving farms. Credit: Lisungi / World Bank. The Lisungi project has empowered refugee women ...