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Bandu Bahati

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2018-03-19
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2018-03-19
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  1. “I thank the Council once again for the honour to speak as a rural woman who endures the ordeals I have described. The women of the Democratic Republic of the Congo want to be taken into consideration, protected, brought to safety and supported. They want to live with dignity and in decent conditions, with the hope of a better tomorrow. They expect the Council to respond quickly to their cries for help.”

    2018-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8207 (2018) · source

  2. “In conclusion, on behalf of my organization, Encadrement des Femmes Indigenes et des Menages Vulnerables, and of the women of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, we recommend that the Security Council, the United Nations and its Member States quickly assess security, protection, socioeconomic and political strategies that would help the women, girls and entire population of the Democratic Republic of the Congo; efficiently redefine indicators that can lead to positive change; act promptly and positively to combat impunity; launch an investigation to punish those guilty of the revolting acts being perpetrated throughout my country; protect women so that they can live and work in a safe environment and provide support and assistance to women and women's organizations at the grassroots level that would yield good results that improve their humanitarian, sociopolitical and economic situation.”

    2018-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8207 (2018) · source

  3. “Despite all current and past efforts, women's voices are silenced. That, in a few words, describes the ordeal women and girls face in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Notwithstanding the issues listed above, I assure the Council that we have brave, intelligent, capable and competent women. They simply require the Council's support and assistance in order to show what they can do and produce. That is why we ask the international community to support those women, as well as young girls and boys without jobs, doomed to a life of unemployment.”

    2018-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8207 (2018) · source

  4. “I know a widow who, before the war, would sell her goods in several markets. She was well-off , but due to the insecurity, she was robbed and became very poor and vulnerable. She can no longer feed her children or take care of her family. That is just one example among many. Finally, the level of women's political participation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo remains low for several reasons. First, the new electoral law is not conductive to the participation of women and girls. Secondly, few political parties are created by women. Thirdly, very few women are appointed to leadership positions in decision-making entities and women's organizations, in particular at the local level. With regard to North Kivu, there are no women in leadership positions in any of the six territories and three cities.”

    2018-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8207 (2018) · source

  5. “It should be noted that international aid workers in our areas of intervention are also the victims of attack. Secondly, the deterioration of the socioeconomic situation of women and girls is also one of the major consequences of the humanitarian crisis that stems from myriad chronic insecurity-related tensions. I am referring here to North Kivu, but I should point out that the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as a whole, is affected and almost engulfed by the scourge. With less than a dollar a day, it is almost impossible to live in other areas. It is an intolerable situation for women and girls. What is worse is that they spend entire days with nothing to eat. Such extreme poverty deprives them, men and boys, of prospects and opportunities, which leads some young people to join armed groups and perpetrate other abuses.”

    2018-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8207 (2018) · source

  6. “It is a time bomb that will result in the extermination of women and girls and of the entire population if no effective grassroots measures are taken to prevent, protect and support women and girls. By way of example, last month, 54-year-old Ms. Maombi, displaced and very vulnerable, with nine children in her charge, was assaulted and shot by armed men when she went to her field to reap crops. Her daughter, who was under 18, was with her. She was abducted, raped and returned a few days later. Another woman, Dorothee, who witnessed the attack, stated: "I was in my field. Attackers came and looted goods, burned houses and killed women and men in my presence. They kidnapped four children - two boys and two girls. I am now taking care of a baby left behind".”

    2018-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8207 (2018) · source

  7. “These include massacres, bloodshed, murders and killings, temporary and permanent displacement, rape and sexual exploitation, kidnapping for ransom, human trafficking, houses burned to the ground, activism, the proliferation of local and foreign armed groups, the looting of natural resources, in particular from the mining and agricultural sectors from which they could benefit, restrictions to rural activities, insufficient incentives to facilitate the participation and schooling of women and girls, the possession of illicit weapons by several people and humanitarian disaster. Such violations have lead to increased poverty, unemployment, chronic vulnerability, rural exodus, psychological trauma, weapons proliferation, and so on.”

    2018-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8207 (2018) · source

  8. “The majority of those affected - especially those living in rural areas where we work - are traumatized and live without hope for the future. The situation has been growing worse every year for more than two decades. There are myriad kinds of violations among the salient problems negatively affecting and weakening populations, and which are particularly experienced by women and girls in Democratic Republic of the Congo, especially in the east.”

    2018-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8207 (2018) · source

  9. “engages in the promotion of peace, gender equality and development; in the prevention of armed and community conflicts; and in the protection of women and girl Victims of Violence. Our vision is to strengthen community mechanisms that protect children and women and promote human rights, focusing on peaceful coexistence among communities, the promotion of peace and the sustainable development of my province. This morning, there are three issues I would like to raise with the Council: the security and humanitarian situation of women; the deterioration of the socioeconomic situation of women and girls; and the political participation of women. First, the security and humanitarian situation of women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is increasingly deteriorating. It is tragic, catastrophic and chaotic.”

    2018-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8207 (2018) · source

  10. “I would like to begin by thanking the Netherlands for inviting me to this very important meeting on the political and humanitarian situation of women and girls in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, because the voice of rural women is not often listened to. I am a rural woman and the coordinator of the local women's non-governmental organization, Encadrement des Femmes Indigenes et des Menages Vulnerables (EFIM), based in Goma, North Kivu province, in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Today I speak as a rural woman, a peasant woman, a grass- roots woman, a displaced woman, a woman affected by conflict and especially armed conflict. My organization EFIM.”

    2018-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8207 (2018) · source