Petitions and Campaigns

Petition from South Kivu's NGO intervening in the struggle against sexual violence.

Petition carried out to the International Penal Court in The Hague, December 10, 2007 by the AFEM/SK (Association of the Women of the Medias in South Kivu) in the name of 50 active local organizations struggling against sexual violence to the Eastern Congo. The text of the petition is available at the Congo Forum website. http://www.congoforum.be/fr/nieuwsdetail.asp?subitem=2
&newsid=38174&Actualiteit=selected

CARE Austria calls to the stop of the rape femicide in RDC, November 25, 2007.

CARE calls the Austrian to sign a petition that challenges the Austrian government and ask him to mobilize the union European and the United Nations. CARE wishes that these organizations mobilize themselves to finance the agencies, the NGO and the activists who work with the women victims adequately. The petition is in German, http://www.care.at/de/interaktiv/care-online-petition.html

V-Day and UNICEF urge protection for women and girls in eastern DR Congo. They launched a campaign against sexual violence. http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/drcongo_40516.html

Amnesty International: Global Campaign: Stop violence against women.

It is a general campaign. The violence against women, often underestimated, is rarely punished. The women and the little girls undergo violence in a disproportionate way, in peacetime as well as in time of war. These acts can be the fact of the state, the social group or the family. The right to live safe from the violence is a fundamental human right. http://www.amnesty.org/en/campaigns/stop-violence-against-women

Fund of the Nations United for the population (FNUAP), Fund of development of the Nations United for the woman (UNIFEM), Fund of the Nations United for the childhood (UNICEF), Program of the Nations United for the Development (UNDP):

Different institutions of the United Nations, the NGO and some States raised their voices in the Brussels’ call of June 2006 following the symposium organized by the UNFPA on sexual violence in conflict period. The delegates of the symposium required that of the urgent and long-term actions are taken to warn the sexual and gender violence. The text of the declaration of Brussels in on line to the http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2006/issue4/0406p51.htm

Forum RDCongo – Advocacy in the frame of the Global Campaign on the Fight against Violence Against Women and the 16 days of Activism in 2007: the list of focal issues is available in French at: http://forumrdc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=177&Itemid=51

The Alliance des Patriotes Congolais pour la Refondation du Congo (APARECO) in collaboration with the association Mémoires Des Victimes (MDV): Petition to the UN in view of the creation of an international tribunal for DRC: This petition was open to signatures since 02-08-2007 and will close on 31-08-2008. It is available in French at: http://www.petitionduweb.com/petition.php?petition=79

French

Petition Without your support, our action will lose momentum. Without our partnership, your action will have little impact. Help us change the direction of the fight against sexual violence in the DRC. Thank you for reading and signing our petition by clicking here.	Skip to Main Content Campuni ya wanawake wa kongomani kwa kupiganisha ubakaji katika jamuhuri ya Congo Congolese Women’s Campaign Against Sexual Violence in the DRC Every day, 40 women are raped in the Eastern Congo. It's a well-known reality that has been documented and reported by media, NGOs, international institutions and States. But nothing changes, sexual violence is still widespread. So what more can be done?
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	Petitions and Campaigns Petition from South Kivu's NGO intervening in the struggle against sexual violence. Petition carried out to the International Penal Court in The Hague, December 10, 2007 by the AFEM/SK (Association of the Women of the Medias in South Kivu) in the name of 50 active local organizations struggling against sexual violence to the Eastern Congo. The text of the petition is available at the Congo Forum website. http://www.congoforum.be/fr/nieuwsdetail.asp?subitem=2 &newsid=38174&Actualiteit=selected CARE Austria calls to the stop of the rape femicide in RDC, November 25, 2007. CARE calls the Austrian to sign a petition that challenges the Austrian government and ask him to mobilize the union European and the United Nations. CARE wishes that these organizations mobilize themselves to finance the agencies, the NGO and the activists who work with the women victims adequately. The petition is in German, http://www.care.at/de/interaktiv/care-online-petition.html V-Day and UNICEF urge protection for women and girls in eastern DR Congo. They launched a campaign against sexual violence. http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/drcongo_40516.html Amnesty International: Global Campaign: Stop violence against women. It is a general campaign. The violence against women, often underestimated, is rarely punished. The women and the little girls undergo violence in a disproportionate way, in peacetime as well as in time of war. These acts can be the fact of the state, the social group or the family. The right to live safe from the violence is a fundamental human right. http://www.amnesty.org/en/campaigns/stop-violence-against-women Fund of the Nations United for the population (FNUAP), Fund of development of the Nations United for the woman (UNIFEM), Fund of the Nations United for the childhood (UNICEF), Program of the Nations United for the Development (UNDP): Different institutions of the United Nations, the NGO and some States raised their voices in the Brussels’ call of June 2006 following the symposium organized by the UNFPA on sexual violence in conflict period. The delegates of the symposium required that of the urgent and long-term actions are taken to warn the sexual and gender violence. The text of the declaration of Brussels in on line to the http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2006/issue4/0406p51.htm Forum RDCongo – Advocacy in the frame of the Global Campaign on the Fight against Violence Against Women and the 16 days of Activism in 2007: the list of focal issues is available in French at: http://forumrdc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=177&Itemid=51 The Alliance des Patriotes Congolais pour la Refondation du Congo (APARECO) in collaboration with the association Mémoires Des Victimes (MDV): Petition to the UN in view of the creation of an international tribunal for DRC: This petition was open to signatures since 02-08-2007 and will close on 31-08-2008. It is available in French at: http://www.petitionduweb.com/petition.php?petition=79 French Navigation Emergency
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