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 […]
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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 […]
January 21, 2023 – As new mass killings allegedly attributed to the armed group Cooperative for the Development of Congo (CODECO) took place in mid-January in Ituri Province, in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the civilian population is living in insecurity and fear, despite the establishment of a state of siege […]
January 15, 2023 On this Sunday, January 15, the Congolese Nation is once again in mourning and our thoughts are with the victims of the bombing committed in the middle of a service in the church of the 8th Community of Pentecostal Churches in Central Africa (CEPAC) in Kasindi, in the territory of Beni in […]
Déclaration du Dr Mukwege suite à l’attentat terroriste perpétré à Kasindi à l’Eglise de la 8e CEPAC
15 janvier 2023 En ce dimanche 15 janvier, la Nation congolaise est à nouveau en deuil et nos pensées vont aux victimes de l’attentat à la bombe commis en plein culte dans l’enceinte de l’Église de la 8e Communauté des Églises Pentecôtistes en Afrique Centrale (CEPAC) à Kasindi, dans le Territoire de Beni au Nord […]
As allegations of corruption plague members of the European Parliament and the Association Against Impunity and for Transitional Justice (Fight Impunity), the Panzi Foundation would like to share this statement to clarify our relationship with these institutions. Dr. Denis Mukwege, President of the Panzi Foundation and recipient of the 2014 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of […]
As the armed terrorist group M23, supported directly and indirectly by the Rwandan Defense Forces (RDF), is at the gates of Goma — the third largest city in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) — the already catastrophic humanitarian situation is deteriorating further, increasing the number of internally displaced persons to almost 6 million. Following […]
