Network of Women for Rights and Peace

The Network of Women for Rights and Peace (French: Réseau des Femmes pour la Défense des Droits et la Paix, RFDP) is a women's rights organization in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Founded in 1999, it gives judicial support to victims of sexual violence, raises awareness about human rights and democracy, and works to increase women's literacy through a network of grassroots organizations, the Comités d’Alerte pour la Paix (CAP).[1]

RDFP was founded by the activist Vénantie Bisimwa,[2] who is its Executive Secretary.[3] Based in Bukavu, the RFDP is a founder member of the Coalition Against Sexual Violence in the DRC (French: Coalition Contre les Violences Sexuelles en RDC).[4]

Publications

References

  1. ^ Dorothea Hilhorst; Marie Rose Bashwira (2014). "The Women's Movement in South Kivu, DRC: A civil society analysis". Wageningen University & Research. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  2. ^ Rapport de l'atelier sur la transformation des conflits en Afrique: la perspective des femmes africaines, Dakar, Institut de Gorée, 23-26 mai 2000 (in French). 2001. p. 95.
  3. ^ Association 1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize 2005 (2005). 1000 Peacewomen Across the Globe. Scalo. p. 35.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "Women's Bodies as a Battleground: Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls During the War in the Democratic Republic of Congo" (PDF). Association of African Women for Research and Development. 2005.


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