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Video: Emma Watson in conversation with Dr. Mukwege

In the headlines May 23, 2019

  Emma Watson and Dr. Mukwege met in London on May 15, 2019 to discuss the rights of women and how to end the use of rape as a weapon of war. In this short snippet shot by Veronique Ehamo, a...

Survivors to Speak Live in Oslo

In the headlines May 22, 2019

Survivors are set to speak in Oslo, Norway at the Ending Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Humanitarian Crisis Conference May 23rd, 2019. The conference on “Ending Sexual and Gender-Based...

Emma Watson in conversation with Dr. Mukwege

In the headlines May 15, 2019

Emma Watson meets 2018 Nobel Peace laureate Dr. Denis Mukwege, who has devoted himself to campaigning against the use of sexual violence as a weapon of armed conflict — at considerable personal...

Survivors’ Voices at the Universal Periodical Review of Congo, Geneva, April 2019

In the headlines April 29, 2019

At the beginning of April 2019, the Mukwege Foundation was in Geneva with Tatiana Mukanire, Coordinator of the Movement of survivors of rape and sexual violence in DRC, to participate in the...

Wartime rape survivors worldwide strategise and act together: two annual retreats strength...

SEMA is the Global Network of Victims and Survivors to End Wartime Sexual Violence. Coordinated by the Mukwege Foundation, SEMA gathers survivors from 21 different countries, and works with frontline...

Une semaine d’action et de plaidoyer par les survivantes lors de la commission sur le Stat...

Depuis sa création, la Fondation Mukwege a décidé de mettre les survivantes de violences sexuelles au cœur de son action : leurs besoins et leurs demandes politiques sous-tendent notre plaidoyer....

UN Secretary-General welcomes Reparations Initiative

Foundation news February 8, 2019

UN Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed the International Reparations Initiative, started by the Mukwege Foundation to support and recognise survivors of wartime sexual violence.

Mukwege Foundation content partner at international conference in Luxembourg

Foundation news January 29, 2019

The Mukwege Foundation is partner of the international conference “Stand Speak Rise Up!” to end sexual violence in fragile environments, which takes place on 26 and 27 March 2019 in Luxembourg.

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