Besides war rape in Congo's civil wars, there are other serious threats to women's physical well-being in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Female genital mutilation (FGM), while not widespread, exists among some populations in northern parts of the DRC.

2020年6月30日 · Today, 60 years after the tumultuous events that led to Congolese independence, Andree Blouin and the women who fought for African liberation are all but forgotten. But in her time, Blouin...

In the 1950s and 60s, her mother, the late Andrée Blouin, threw herself into the fight for a free Africa, mobilising the Democratic Republic of Congo's women against colonialism and rising to...

What does it mean to be an African woman? For the women of Brazzaville, it means challenging gender conventions, redefining roles in society, and empowering themselves through fashion....more

Many of Africa's contemporary titled women are members of the African Queens and Women Cultural Leaders Network, a voluntary organization.

Very few Congolese women have access to decent jobs, and in general women and girls have less access to education than men and boys, as well as higher rates of illiteracy. UN Women DRC has a country office in the capital, Kinshasha and a sub-office in Bakavu in South Kivu province.

2024年4月2日 · KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi on Monday appointed the country’s first female prime minister, fulfilling a campaign promise and taking an important step toward the formation of a new government after his reelection late last year.

I meet great women leaders from around the world and draw inspiration from them. But as a woman born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo who grew up here and studied here, it is here that I can say to women: I am a Congolese woman. I am a mother. I have a husband. I have worked through difficult and sometimes dangerous situations.

The creation of the Congo Free State (1885–1908), which marked the debut of Belgian colonialism in Central Africa, created a regime of forceful extraction of resources and labor that had a severe impact on women. The distinctive features of the Belgian Congo regime (1908–1960) also influenced the status and experiences of women.

While political boundaries of DR Congo result from late-19th-century colonialism, the territories encompassed in the country have a rich longue durée history. In precolonial times, women’s status and access to resources and power varied greatly …