Women\u2019s Activism for Peace and an End to Violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo with Julienne Lusenge<\/p>\n
This is a Jurisprudence Centre “Juris Talk” with support from the Department of Law and Legal Studies, Institute of African Studies and the Pauline Jewett Institute of Women’s and Gender Studies of Carleton Universityin cooperation with the Nobel Women’s Initiative<\/p>\n
Julienne Lusenge is President of SOFEPADI, a Congolese civil society organization and has been working to defend and protect women\u2019s rights since 1998 when inter-ethnic war began in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She has also acted as coordinator for the Congolese Women Against Sexual Violence Campaign, is the founder of the Congolese Women\u2019s Fund, and is a member of the advisory committee for the International Campaign to Stop Rape and Gender Violence in Conflict. Her presentation will offer attendees an opportunity to hear first-hand how women in Eastern DRC are mobilizing to stop rape and bring peace to their communities as well as concrete recommendations to the international community on how to best support the women.<\/p>\n
Date: Friday 23 January at 2:30pm in Room 238 Tory Building.<\/p>\n