Since the current outbreak of mpox clade I began in eastern DR Congo in 2023, there has been a rapid increase in cases, primarily in DR Congo, and spread of the monkeypox virus to other countries in ...

On October 31, 2024, Dr Denis Mukwege, a world-renowned gynecologist, human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate ...

These organizations work in the following areas: HIV and sexual and reproductive health and rights, women's economic ...

African organizations expressed alarm following Dutch Minister Reinette Klever's recent proposal to slash two-thirds of ...

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) honors Nobel Laureate Dr. Denis Mukwege with the IRC’s 2024 Freedom Award and ...

The UN Secretary-General on Wednesday commended voters across the United States for their “active participation in the ...

who are doing what they can to care for victims of violence in eastern DR Congo, say that they have seen a distressing increase in the number of people who have been targetted by sexual violence.

After several months, insanitary conditions and severe, life-threatening shortages of clean water continue to reach critical levels in various informal camps for displaced people around Goma, the ...

Students illuminated the resilience, strength and humanity of Congolese women affected by decades of ongoing conflict, sexual violence and industrial mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo ...

the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Haiti. Survivors and advocates attending the event shared their testimonies. Lyudmila Huseynova from Ukraine spoke about the torture and sexual violence ...