I am expected to be silent about the ongoing oppression of womenDouce Namwezi N’lbamba from Association des Femmes des Médias du Sud-Kivu, DR Congo
There can never be true equality or sustainable peace as long as women are subjected to violence and discrimination and excluded from decision-making. We support women’s rights organisations in conflict regions, to make a change!
50 years since the Six-Day War, the Israeli occupation of Palestine continues. The impact of the occupation is devastating, for women not the least. Hedaya Shamun, at the Women’s Affairs Centre in the Gaza strip, shares her thoughts about the situation she and many other women endure.
“To achieve equality, we need to start from equal representation of men and women in decision-making bodies”, says Solange Lwashiga, the Rien sans les femmes movement’s national spokeswoman.
Great news! We are now working with women’s organisations in Tunisia. “This is a great possibility to support the Tunisian women’s movement in the ongoing democratization process”, says Jenni Wisung, our Field Representative for Middle East and North Africa.
”I am a heroine!” said one of the younger women who testified. She had survived a long period of sexual violence, rape and torture as a teenager in one of the rape camps, a more or less forceful and violent … Continue reading →
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