{"id":8647,"date":"2015-08-29T15:46:14","date_gmt":"2015-08-29T15:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/?p=8647"},"modified":"2016-11-28T16:29:28","modified_gmt":"2016-11-28T16:29:28","slug":"violence-drc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/violence-drc","title":{"rendered":"She Is Fighting Violence Against Women In The Democratic Republic Of The Congo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a6b39195b99473d6c9dd698db2668010\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:2px 0 2px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<center>\r\n\r\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\r\nfunction ShorterThan(widthMax) {\r\n                if (screen.width < widthMax) {return true;}  \r\n                else {return false}\r\n    }\r\nvar LimitWidth = 728\r\nvar MobileZoneID = 348996\r\nvar DesktopZoneID = 348995   \r\n<!--\/\/<![CDATA[\r\n   document.MAX_ct0 ='';\r\n   var m3_u = (location.protocol=='https:'?'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?':'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?');\r\n   var m3_r = Math.floor(Math.random()*99999999999);\r\n   document.write (\"<scr\"+\"ipt type='text\/javascript' src='\"+m3_u);\r\n   if (ShorterThan(LimitWidth)) {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+MobileZoneID);} else {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+DesktopZoneID);}\r\n   document.write(\"&nodis=1\");\r\n   document.write ('&cb=' + m3_r);\r\n   if (document.MAX_used != ',') document.write (\"&exclude=\" + document.MAX_used);\r\n   document.write (document.charset ? '&charset='+document.charset : (document.characterSet ? '&charset='+document.characterSet : ''));\r\n   document.write (\"&loc=\" + escape(window.location));\r\n   if (document.referrer) document.write (\"&referer=\" + escape(document.referrer));\r\n   if (document.context) document.write (\"&context=\" + escape(document.context));\r\n   if ((typeof(document.MAX_ct0) != 'undefined') && (document.MAX_ct0.substring(0,4) == 'http')) {\r\n       document.write (\"&ct0=\" + escape(document.MAX_ct0));\r\n   }\r\n   if (document.mmm_fo) document.write (\"&mmm_fo=1\");\r\n   document.write (\"'><\/scr\"+\"ipt>\");\r\n\/\/]]>--><\/script>\r\n<\/center>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is plagued by rape and child soldier recruitment. About a year ago, President Kabila appointed Jeanine Mabunda Lioko to address these issues. She is the Personal Representative of the President in Charge of the Fight Against Violence and Child Recruitment for the nation. In an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/author\/michael-gerson\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">interview with Michael Gerson<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> of the ONE campaign, she talks about how far the country has come and what still needs to be done.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Conditions Have Improved<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We have come a long way. After a decade of violence things won\u2019t change overnight, but at least we are turning things around<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201d she told Gerson. \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We can speak about peace and believe in peace. Things are getting better because there has been a public assertion and the highest level of presidential commitment that we should not accept the indignity of women and children being used in armed conflict. And it seems to be paying off, because if you refer to UN reports, in 2013 we recorded 15,000 rape cases in conflict zones, and one year later the number is 10,800, a decrease of 33%.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u201c<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8649\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8649\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8649\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/MMe-Mabunda-_Felicity-Amos_July-13-2015-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/MMe-Mabunda-_Felicity-Amos_July-13-2015-1024x683.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/MMe-Mabunda-_Felicity-Amos_July-13-2015-1024x683-491x300.jpeg 491w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/MMe-Mabunda-_Felicity-Amos_July-13-2015-1024x683-600x367.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/MMe-Mabunda-_Felicity-Amos_July-13-2015-1024x683-85x52.jpeg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8649\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/one-org.s3.amazonaws.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/26120821\/MMe-Mabunda-_Felicity-Amos_July-13-2015-1024x683.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">{adinserter CNP5}<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>What Causes The Conflict?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to Lioko, the main cause of violence was the war &#8211; \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Some rebels used violence against women and children as tactic or war strategy to terrorize them, obtain control and gain access to resources. \u00a0We identified six areas needing work, which include better data collection and ending the culture of impunity. \u00a0We have to fight against impunity because that\u2019s the cornerstone of the problem and it can undermine and derail the other areas. The DRC has been perceived as complacent when it comes to security forces raping women<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8650\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8650\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8650\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Mme-Mabunda-and-Michael-Gerson_July-13-2015_Felicity-Amos-1024x698.jpeg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Mme-Mabunda-and-Michael-Gerson_July-13-2015_Felicity-Amos-1024x698.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Mme-Mabunda-and-Michael-Gerson_July-13-2015_Felicity-Amos-1024x698-440x300.jpeg 440w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Mme-Mabunda-and-Michael-Gerson_July-13-2015_Felicity-Amos-1024x698-600x409.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Mme-Mabunda-and-Michael-Gerson_July-13-2015_Felicity-Amos-1024x698-85x58.jpeg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8650\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/one-org.s3.amazonaws.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/26120743\/Mme-Mabunda-and-Michael-Gerson_July-13-2015_Felicity-Amos-1024x698.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>How Can This Change?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Her solutions to finally end the violence are education, reflection, economic re-integration, communication and advocacy. \u00a0\u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At the beginning, I was more in crisis mode. But after a while one has to think longer term. We have to question what it says about our society that women are raped. We have to punish people, but we also need to educate people to respect women. It all starts with education, at school and in other areas of civic life<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8230;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The best way to change that is by intensifying education and making people aware that it\u2019s illegal and wrong and that women are not inferior. I also think that education of the little girl is very important. I met some former children in Goma who told me that they had never seen a woman minister, a woman politician, a businesswoman. So, if you don\u2019t show them these models, they do not know that it\u2019s possible for them to reach that level<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8651\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8651\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8651\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/mme_mabunda2_felicity_amos_july_13_2015-1024x749.jpeg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/mme_mabunda2_felicity_amos_july_13_2015-1024x749.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/mme_mabunda2_felicity_amos_july_13_2015-1024x749-508x300.jpeg 508w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/mme_mabunda2_felicity_amos_july_13_2015-1024x749-600x354.jpeg 600w, 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