On Thursday July 20, Panzi Foundation deployed a team to the Don Bosco camps in Goma, bringing food to 3,915 displaced families and hygiene and dignity kits to 2,884 women. This intervention is particularly aimed at women and girls who are at higher risk of sexual and gender-based violence when displaced by conflict. The project […]
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This is a very serious time. I was deeply dismayed to learn of the kidnapping and subsequent murder in Kinshasa of the Honorable Chérubin OKENDE SENGA, national deputy and honorary minister. This heinous crime has just been committed in the run-up to general elections, in a context of repression of political opposition, dangerous curtailment of […]
L’heure est très grave. C’est avec une vive consternation que j’ai appris l’enlèvement suivi de l’assassinat à Kinshasa de l’Honorable Chérubin OKENDE SENGA, député national et ministre honoraire. Ce crime odieux vient d’être commis à l’approche des élections générales dans un contexte de répression de l’opposition politique, de rétrécissement dangereux des libertés et de terreur […]
My dear compatriots,Dear brothers and sisters, It is with great sorrow that I learned the sad news of the natural and human disaster caused by the floods in the territory of Kelehe following the torrential rains that have been falling on the region for several days. The toll is heavy — more than 170 dead, […]
Mes chers compatriotes, Chers frères et sœurs, C’est avec beaucoup de peine que j’ai appris la triste nouvelle de la catastrophe naturelle et humaine hautement dommageable causée par les inondations dans le territoire de Kalehe suite aux fortes pluies qui s’abattent sur la région depuis quelques jours. Le bilan est lourd, plus de 170 morts, […]
March is widely known as Women’s History Month, a season in which we celebrate the resilience and achievements of women and girls around the globe. It is also an opportunity for reflection, and a solemn reminder that for many around the globe, womanhood is not celebrated, and instead a cause of their oppression. As March […]
On this March 8, our thoughts go out to all women around the world who fight every day to have their fundamental rights respected, to gain economic autonomy, and to make their voices heard in a world that remains strongly marked by patriarchy—the source of so much suffering, exclusion and discrimination. It is therefore not […]
Panzi Foundation’s US Office is proud to announce that Ms. Stephanie March has joined its Board of Directors, effective January 1, 2023. Ms. March is a prominent philanthropist, activist, actress, and entrepreneur who brings to Panzi a deep understanding of the challenges women and girls face in accessing sexual and reproductive health services around the […]
The Panzi Foundation is proud to announce a new partnership with the Lavazza Foundation to train survivors of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on cultivating and roasting coffee beans. This will serve as a job-skills opportunity that survivors can choose to be trained on as part of Panzi’s socio-economic reintegration pillar. […]
February 24, 2023 – Despite the hope raised, the promises are far from being fulfilled. Introduction Ten years ago, on February 24, 2013, the signing of the “Addis Ababa Framework Agreement on Peace, Security and Cooperation in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Region” by eleven States and four international and regional institutions, namely […]