Women, citizenship and peacebuilding in DRC

This project aims to contribute to the more comprehensive Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by promoting women's participation in decision making and strengthening the role of women in conflict resolution.

The exclusion of women affects all sectors of the society of the Democratic Republic of Congo and can be seen at regional levels where women are almost absent at the regional, regional, regional and national level political levels. Gender inequality is a major obstacle for women's participation

We worked with the Swedish Foundation Kvinna to help Kvinna tackle some of the social, institutional and legislative barriers to equality of women's participation in social and political life.

We trained over 120 women candidates to participate in the political leadership of North Kivu and South Kivu to support the development and implementation of the election action plan.

The latest literature on Chad, Sudan, Somalia, Sierra Leone, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda countries recognize the role of women as participants and peacebuilders 32. For example, in South African towns and villages in the 1980s and early 1990s, women and men rounded up information. Throwing a tire around the neck and burning it is called a "necklace". 33 Women are victims of conflicting societies, sometimes suffering violence, but they also bring about peacebuilding. Work hard. In Liberia, this peacebuilding effort may be the most obvious, Leyima Guboi led peace operations of Liberian women's masses, which worked hard to help the end of the Second Liberia civil war in 2003 For her efforts, Gbowee received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011. Women continue to play an important role in the efforts to build peace throughout Africa, including Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Rwanda and Uganda.

It is a small part of the research on peacebuilding in the Democratic Republic of Congo that focuses on the heritage of past abuses. Among them, the research conducted by Lotze, De Carvalho, and Kasumba (2008: 31) is confronted by the Democratic Republic of Congo, such as the lack of state ownership of the peacebuilding process and the lack of ability to implement coherent structures We are aware of many issues. Therefore, the authors found that sustainable peace can only be achieved when Congo people own and promote the structure and activities of peacebuilding. In addition, the International Crisis Group (ICG 2009: 13 - 19) identified five priorities as part of the eastern Congo peace-building strategy. They are implementing an effective anti-FDLR 1 strategy, reviewing the impact of the Security Sector Reform (SSR) on the eastern region, promoting reconciliation and human security, improving governance, and maintaining regional stability .