Latest items for D R Congo
March 31, 2024, 3:14 p.m.
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Variables: TRAFF-SCALE-1
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Variables: TRAFF-SCALE-1
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March 30, 2024, 10:05 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1
According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, the Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks as a Tier 2 country (85).
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1
According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, the Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks as a Tier 2 country (85).
March 11, 2024, 5:06 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"Is selling sex criminalised? Selling sex is legal but there are laws against soliciting. Is buying sex criminalised? No. Is organising/managing criminalised? Hiring, abducting or enticing someone into 'prostitution' (with or without consent) is criminalised; brothel-keeping and living on the earnings also criminalised" (para 1-3).
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"Is selling sex criminalised? Selling sex is legal but there are laws against soliciting. Is buying sex criminalised? No. Is organising/managing criminalised? Hiring, abducting or enticing someone into 'prostitution' (with or without consent) is criminalised; brothel-keeping and living on the earnings also criminalised" (para 1-3).
Feb. 20, 2024, 6:27 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: LO-LAW-1
"[L]and law prohibits gender discrimination in access to land" (13).
Variables: LO-LAW-1
"[L]and law prohibits gender discrimination in access to land" (13).
Feb. 20, 2024, 6:27 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: MARR-LAW-4
"Dowries are still required under the revised Code (arts. 361–367 and 426), which provides that no marriage can be registered unless the dowry is processed" (17).
Variables: MARR-LAW-4
"Dowries are still required under the revised Code (arts. 361–367 and 426), which provides that no marriage can be registered unless the dowry is processed" (17).
Feb. 20, 2024, 6:27 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: LO-PRACTICE-1
"[T]he Parity Act guarantees the right of women to entrepreneurship and promotes access to savings, credit and new technologies, without discrimination on the basis of gender… [N]ew initiatives are being taken to improve access for women to bank loans, especially through microfinancing... [W]omen continue to have limited access to economic resources, face discrimination regarding access to financial services and are not involved in the elaboration and implementation of development [despite the parity act] " (13).
Variables: LO-PRACTICE-1
"[T]he Parity Act guarantees the right of women to entrepreneurship and promotes access to savings, credit and new technologies, without discrimination on the basis of gender… [N]ew initiatives are being taken to improve access for women to bank loans, especially through microfinancing... [W]omen continue to have limited access to economic resources, face discrimination regarding access to financial services and are not involved in the elaboration and implementation of development [despite the parity act] " (13).
Feb. 20, 2024, 6:27 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2
"[D]omestic violence, including marital rape, is [not] explicitly prohibited" (8).
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2
"[D]omestic violence, including marital rape, is [not] explicitly prohibited" (8).
Feb. 20, 2024, 6:27 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"[There is] lack of reliable data and statistics on cases of conflict-related sexual violence against women and girls committed by State and non-State actors" (3). "[C]ases of sexual and gender-based violence [are not monitored and documented] in conflict areas" (4). "[There is a] high prevalence of gender-based violence, including sexual violence and group rape, including of minors" (8).
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"[There is] lack of reliable data and statistics on cases of conflict-related sexual violence against women and girls committed by State and non-State actors" (3). "[C]ases of sexual and gender-based violence [are not monitored and documented] in conflict areas" (4). "[There is a] high prevalence of gender-based violence, including sexual violence and group rape, including of minors" (8).
Feb. 20, 2024, 6:27 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"Girls are subjected to sexual and gender-based violence, including rape, in school by teachers" (10). "Women working in artisanal mining are forced into prostitution and are subjected to sexual and gender-based violence" (15). "The environmental and sanitary impacts of the industrial exploitation of copper and cobalt from the Frontier Mine, near Sakania, lead to the drying up of the river, affecting access for women and girls to safe water and to education, exposing them to rape and sexual violence and depriving them of their incomes earned from their agricultural activities" (16).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"Girls are subjected to sexual and gender-based violence, including rape, in school by teachers" (10). "Women working in artisanal mining are forced into prostitution and are subjected to sexual and gender-based violence" (15). "The environmental and sanitary impacts of the industrial exploitation of copper and cobalt from the Frontier Mine, near Sakania, lead to the drying up of the river, affecting access for women and girls to safe water and to education, exposing them to rape and sexual violence and depriving them of their incomes earned from their agricultural activities" (16).
Feb. 20, 2024, 6:27 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"[A] new agency for combatting trafficking in persons, in 2019, and the national committee on combating trafficking in persons and migrant smuggling [have been established]… The draft bill on combating trafficking in persons has not yet been adopted[.] There is a lack of investigation and prosecution of the perpetrators of trafficking for the purposes of forced prostitution" (9). "[T]here is a lack of resources to provide assistance to girls who have left those [artisanal mines and stopped being trafficked]" (9). "[C]ounselling, legal services, rehabilitation and social integration programmes [are not provided] for women and girls who are victims of trafficking" (9).
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"[A] new agency for combatting trafficking in persons, in 2019, and the national committee on combating trafficking in persons and migrant smuggling [have been established]… The draft bill on combating trafficking in persons has not yet been adopted[.] There is a lack of investigation and prosecution of the perpetrators of trafficking for the purposes of forced prostitution" (9). "[T]here is a lack of resources to provide assistance to girls who have left those [artisanal mines and stopped being trafficked]" (9). "[C]ounselling, legal services, rehabilitation and social integration programmes [are not provided] for women and girls who are victims of trafficking" (9).
Feb. 20, 2024, 6:27 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"[A]ccess for women to income-generating activities [are not promoted], such as setting up small enterprises and marketing locally produced merchandise" (13). "[W]omen human rights defenders and activists can freely carry out their activities protecting women’s human rights and exercise their rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association" (14). "[A]wareness-raising campaigns [are not conducted] to disseminate the revised Family Code, targeting in particular women from rural areas and indigenous communities, as well as traditional chiefs and parents" (17).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"[A]ccess for women to income-generating activities [are not promoted], such as setting up small enterprises and marketing locally produced merchandise" (13). "[W]omen human rights defenders and activists can freely carry out their activities protecting women’s human rights and exercise their rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association" (14). "[A]wareness-raising campaigns [are not conducted] to disseminate the revised Family Code, targeting in particular women from rural areas and indigenous communities, as well as traditional chiefs and parents" (17).
Feb. 20, 2024, 6:27 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"[T]he State party has not taken sufficient, sustained and systematic action to eliminate adverse cultural practices, patriarchal attitudes and deep-rooted stereotypes, which contribute to the persistence of violence and harmful practices against women, including sexual violence" (7).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"[T]he State party has not taken sufficient, sustained and systematic action to eliminate adverse cultural practices, patriarchal attitudes and deep-rooted stereotypes, which contribute to the persistence of violence and harmful practices against women, including sexual violence" (7).
Feb. 20, 2024, 6:27 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"[W]omen human rights defenders suffer double discrimination, violence and prejudice, both in the family and in society, and are exposed to expulsion from work and divorce" (14). "[S]ome provisions in the draft laws related to non-profit organizations, human rights defenders, counter-terrorism, public demonstrations, freedom of the press and access to information that are under review before Parliament might negatively impact women’s civil and political rights" (14).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"[W]omen human rights defenders suffer double discrimination, violence and prejudice, both in the family and in society, and are exposed to expulsion from work and divorce" (14). "[S]ome provisions in the draft laws related to non-profit organizations, human rights defenders, counter-terrorism, public demonstrations, freedom of the press and access to information that are under review before Parliament might negatively impact women’s civil and political rights" (14).
Feb. 20, 2024, 6:27 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: TRAFF-LAW-1
"[V]ictims of trafficking and forced prostitution are [not] exempted from criminal liability" (9).
Variables: TRAFF-LAW-1
"[V]ictims of trafficking and forced prostitution are [not] exempted from criminal liability" (9).
Feb. 20, 2024, 6:27 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: VOTE-PRACTICE-1
"Women are not sufficiently aware of existing laws, regulations and policies related to their rights" (5).
Variables: VOTE-PRACTICE-1
"Women are not sufficiently aware of existing laws, regulations and policies related to their rights" (5).
Feb. 20, 2024, 6:27 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: WR-PRACTICE-2
"Women, including widows, do not have equal access to inheritance, owing to persistent discriminatory customary practices that exclude women and girls from the inheritance of land and other family property" (17).
Variables: WR-PRACTICE-2
"Women, including widows, do not have equal access to inheritance, owing to persistent discriminatory customary practices that exclude women and girls from the inheritance of land and other family property" (17).
Feb. 20, 2024, 6:27 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"[T]he fear of stigma and reprisals for reporting cases of sexual violence, prevent victims from seeking reparations" (3). "[V]ictims [of sexual and gender-based violence] and their family members [do not] have effective access to justice and remedies and receive adequate reparations… [There is not] a comprehensive national policy to provide reparations to victims of sexual crimes and ensur[e] the availability of funding for its implementation" (4). "[T]here is no specific law to protect victims and witnesses" (5). "[No] measures [are being taken] to protect women and girls working in artisanal mines from sexual violence and forced prostitution and [to] prosecute and sanction the perpetrators" (16).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"[T]he fear of stigma and reprisals for reporting cases of sexual violence, prevent victims from seeking reparations" (3). "[V]ictims [of sexual and gender-based violence] and their family members [do not] have effective access to justice and remedies and receive adequate reparations… [There is not] a comprehensive national policy to provide reparations to victims of sexual crimes and ensur[e] the availability of funding for its implementation" (4). "[T]here is no specific law to protect victims and witnesses" (5). "[No] measures [are being taken] to protect women and girls working in artisanal mines from sexual violence and forced prostitution and [to] prosecute and sanction the perpetrators" (16).
Feb. 20, 2024, 6:27 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1, LDS-PRACTICE-2
"There are reports of forced labour and exploitation of women in artisanal mines and of trafficking in persons" (9).
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1, LDS-PRACTICE-2
"There are reports of forced labour and exploitation of women in artisanal mines and of trafficking in persons" (9).
Feb. 20, 2024, 6:27 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: LBHO-PRACTICE-3
"[T]raining programmes for women on political and public life to ensure their political empowerment [are non-existent]" (10).
Variables: LBHO-PRACTICE-3
"[T]raining programmes for women on political and public life to ensure their political empowerment [are non-existent]" (10).
Feb. 20, 2024, 6:27 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: LBHO-LAW-2
"The Constitutional Court decision of 24 January 2014 declared that quotas for ensuring equal representation of women in political and administrative fields were unconstitutional" (7).
Variables: LBHO-LAW-2
"The Constitutional Court decision of 24 January 2014 declared that quotas for ensuring equal representation of women in political and administrative fields were unconstitutional" (7).
Feb. 20, 2024, 6:27 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: ISTD-PRACTICE-1
"[The] National strategic plan against HIV/AIDS for the period 2018–2021, [was adopted] in 2018" (2, 12). "New cases of HIV/AIDS infections mainly affect women and girls, who continue to face stigmatization and social exclusion due to their HIV/AIDS status, the antiretroviral treatments are insufficient and must be paid for [. T]he national strategic plan on HIV/AIDS for the period 2018–2021 lacks funding" (12). "[W]omen and men [are not guaranteed equal access] to adequate treatment for, and means of prevention of, HIV/AIDS, as well as free access to antiretroviral medicine... [W]omen and girls living with HIV/AIDS [are stigmatized and socially excluded]" (13).
Variables: ISTD-PRACTICE-1
"[The] National strategic plan against HIV/AIDS for the period 2018–2021, [was adopted] in 2018" (2, 12). "New cases of HIV/AIDS infections mainly affect women and girls, who continue to face stigmatization and social exclusion due to their HIV/AIDS status, the antiretroviral treatments are insufficient and must be paid for [. T]he national strategic plan on HIV/AIDS for the period 2018–2021 lacks funding" (12). "[W]omen and men [are not guaranteed equal access] to adequate treatment for, and means of prevention of, HIV/AIDS, as well as free access to antiretroviral medicine... [W]omen and girls living with HIV/AIDS [are stigmatized and socially excluded]" (13).
Feb. 20, 2024, 6:27 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-4
"[T]here is a lack of resources to provide assistance to girls who have left those [artisanal mines and of trafficking in persons, exploitation and forced prostitution]" (9). "[S]ufficient resources [are not allocated] for exit programmes for women wishing to leave prostitution, including by providing alternative income-generating opportunities" (9). "[No] measures [are being taken] to protect women and girls working in artisanal mines from sexual violence and forced prostitution and [to] prosecute and sanction the perpetrators" (16).
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-4
"[T]here is a lack of resources to provide assistance to girls who have left those [artisanal mines and of trafficking in persons, exploitation and forced prostitution]" (9). "[S]ufficient resources [are not allocated] for exit programmes for women wishing to leave prostitution, including by providing alternative income-generating opportunities" (9). "[No] measures [are being taken] to protect women and girls working in artisanal mines from sexual violence and forced prostitution and [to] prosecute and sanction the perpetrators" (16).
Feb. 20, 2024, 6:27 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"Women working in artisanal mining are forced into prostitution and are subjected to sexual and gender-based violence" (15).
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"Women working in artisanal mining are forced into prostitution and are subjected to sexual and gender-based violence" (15).
Feb. 20, 2024, 6:27 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: IRP-DATA-3
"[There are reports of] exploitation and forced prostitution of girls in conflict areas, including in North Kivu" (9).
Variables: IRP-DATA-3
"[There are reports of] exploitation and forced prostitution of girls in conflict areas, including in North Kivu" (9).
Feb. 20, 2024, 6:27 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: IAW-PRACTICE-1, IAD-PRACTICE-1
"Customary patriarchal practices persist that prevent rural women and girls from inheriting" (14). "Women, including widows, do not have equal access to inheritance, owing to persistent discriminatory customary practices that exclude women and girls from the inheritance of land and other family property" (17).
Variables: IAW-PRACTICE-1, IAD-PRACTICE-1
"Customary patriarchal practices persist that prevent rural women and girls from inheriting" (14). "Women, including widows, do not have equal access to inheritance, owing to persistent discriminatory customary practices that exclude women and girls from the inheritance of land and other family property" (17).
Feb. 20, 2024, 6:27 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: GP-DATA-6
"[W]omen judges [are assigned] to public prosecutors’ offices and courts in the eastern part of the State party" (5). "[W]omen remain underrepresented in Parliament and in other high-level decision-making positions, there have been no women Governors, nor any women among the nine judges of the Constitutional Court, indigenous women are not represented in the Government and there is only one indigenous woman representative in Parliament" (10).
Variables: GP-DATA-6
"[W]omen judges [are assigned] to public prosecutors’ offices and courts in the eastern part of the State party" (5). "[W]omen remain underrepresented in Parliament and in other high-level decision-making positions, there have been no women Governors, nor any women among the nine judges of the Constitutional Court, indigenous women are not represented in the Government and there is only one indigenous woman representative in Parliament" (10).
Feb. 20, 2024, 6:27 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: GP-DATA-5
"[A]dequate protection [is not provided] from reprisals for victims and witnesses who seek access to justice or cooperate with the judiciary[.] Acts of witness tampering are [not] effectively persecuted" (4). "[M]obile courts [are not organized] to better reach the most remote areas" (5). Women in remote areas do not always have access to judicial services (MV-coder comment). "[S]pecial units to combat sexual violence have been established in public prosecutors’ offices by the Attorney General" (8).
Variables: GP-DATA-5
"[A]dequate protection [is not provided] from reprisals for victims and witnesses who seek access to justice or cooperate with the judiciary[.] Acts of witness tampering are [not] effectively persecuted" (4). "[M]obile courts [are not organized] to better reach the most remote areas" (5). Women in remote areas do not always have access to judicial services (MV-coder comment). "[S]pecial units to combat sexual violence have been established in public prosecutors’ offices by the Attorney General" (8).
Feb. 20, 2024, 6:27 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: GP-DATA-4
"The Committee commends the State party on its high-level delegation, which was headed by the Minister for Human Rights, Marie-Ange Mushobekwa, and included the Minister for Gender, Family and the Child, Chantal Safou Lopussa" (1). "[A] very low percentage of the national budget [is] allocated to the Ministry of Gender, Family and the Child" (6). "[T]he Ministry of Gender, Family and the Child, is the national machinery for the advancement of women, and its affiliated structures, such as the Agency for Fighting Violence Against Women and Girls and the national fund for the promotion of women and children" (6).
Variables: GP-DATA-4
"The Committee commends the State party on its high-level delegation, which was headed by the Minister for Human Rights, Marie-Ange Mushobekwa, and included the Minister for Gender, Family and the Child, Chantal Safou Lopussa" (1). "[A] very low percentage of the national budget [is] allocated to the Ministry of Gender, Family and the Child" (6). "[T]he Ministry of Gender, Family and the Child, is the national machinery for the advancement of women, and its affiliated structures, such as the Agency for Fighting Violence Against Women and Girls and the national fund for the promotion of women and children" (6).
Feb. 20, 2024, 6:27 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: GP-DATA-3
"The Committee commends the State party on its high-level delegation, which was headed by the Minister for Human Rights, Marie-Ange Mushobekwa, and included the Minister for Gender, Family and the Child, Chantal Safou Lopussa" (1). "[The] National strategic plan against HIV/AIDS for the period 2018–2021, [was adopted] in 2018… The] National action plan to end child marriage, [was adopted] in 2017" (2). These plans relate to some issues the women face (MV-coder comment). "[T]he State party [does not] recognize women as the driving force of the sustainable development of the Democratic Republic of the Congo [which results in adopting] relevant policies and strategies to that effect" (2-3).more
Variables: GP-DATA-3
"The Committee commends the State party on its high-level delegation, which was headed by the Minister for Human Rights, Marie-Ange Mushobekwa, and included the Minister for Gender, Family and the Child, Chantal Safou Lopussa" (1). "[The] National strategic plan against HIV/AIDS for the period 2018–2021, [was adopted] in 2018… The] National action plan to end child marriage, [was adopted] in 2017" (2). These plans relate to some issues the women face (MV-coder comment). "[T]he State party [does not] recognize women as the driving force of the sustainable development of the Democratic Republic of the Congo [which results in adopting] relevant policies and strategies to that effect" (2-3).more
Feb. 20, 2024, 6:27 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: GP-DATA-2
"[There is a] low level of participation of women and their representative organizations in the peacebuilding process and negotiations, especially at the decision-making level" (3). "[Peace building] processes and negotiations include at least 30 per cent women" (4).
Variables: GP-DATA-2
"[There is a] low level of participation of women and their representative organizations in the peacebuilding process and negotiations, especially at the decision-making level" (3). "[Peace building] processes and negotiations include at least 30 per cent women" (4).