UNIFEM facilitated a solidarity mission by the Women’s League of the African National Congress (ANC) on 4 April to support Congolese women attending the Inter-Congolese Dialogue (ICD) in Sun City, South Africa. The ANC women shared the history of their struggle for political participation and urged the Congolese women to create a support group to assist one another to access political leadership. They also urged the more than 60 Congolese women present to fight the system of gender discrimination and not their male counterparts.
5. SOUTH AFRICAN WOMEN SUPPORT CONGOLESE WOMEN’S PARTICIPATION IN PEACE NEGOTIATIONS
UNIFEM facilitated a solidarity mission by the Women’s League of the African National Congress (ANC) on 4 April to support Congolese women attending the Inter-Congolese Dialogue (ICD) in Sun City, South Africa. The ANC women shared the history of their struggle for political participation and urged the Congolese women to create a support group to assist one another to access political leadership. They also urged the more than 60 Congolese women present to fight the system of gender discrimination and not their male counterparts.
UNIFEM has been supporting women's full participation in peace negotiations at the Inter-Congolese Dialogue since 2001.
For more information, contact Diana Opar, UNIFEM Regional Gender Advisor for Central Africa, at [email protected].
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