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...
Experts agree on need for new approach to reparations for sexual violence victims
On Women’s Day, we co-organised a panel discussion in The Hague, inviting three speakers to reflect on the need of an international reparations mechanism for victims of conflict-related sexual...
Mobile court in Eastern Congo awards reparations to sexual violence victims
In an area shattered by conflict, justice is reaching victims of sexual violence in the villages of Eastern Congo. A mobile court in the South Kivu province, DRC has awarded reparations between 1,000...
Nearly one million euros for development of sexual violence survivor movement
The Dr. Denis Mukwege Foundation and Human Rights Watch have received nearly a million euros from the Dutch Postcode Lottery to facilitate the creation of a global movement of survivors of sexual...
