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For immediate release Johannesburg, 30 August: With an average score of 61%, gender attitudes in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) are gradually changing for the better, but evidence of deep-seated patriarchal attitudes is still strong. The gender attitudes research shows that, while 58% of women and men in the SADC region agree or strongly […]

Press release: Johannesburg, 19 March: Gender Links (GL) and the Southern Africa Gender Protocol Alliance affirmed organisations and individuals from across Southern Africa in the recently ended Regional Voice and Choice Summit Awards announced on 17 March. The Regional Voice and Choice summit is a culmination of 14 national summits held between 2019 and 2020 […]

Press release:  Less than a quarter of legislators in Africa are women, new report says. Addis Ababa, 18 March: African countries are still far from achieving women’s equal and effective participation in political decision-making. Women constitute only 24 per cent of the 12,113 parliamentarians in Africa, 25 per cent in the lower houses, and 20 […]

For immediate release: Johannesburg, 14 January: The Gender Links (GL) Board is delighted to announce the appointment of a new Executive Director, Kubi Rama (South Africa) and two board members, Marie Annick Savripenne (Mauritius) and Celine Marie Yolande (Madagascar) effective 1 January 2021. Rama served as Deputy CEO and brings more than 25 years of […]

By Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, Johannesburg, 9 August 2020: #VoiceandChoice resonates with the subject closest to my heart: quality sexual and reproductive health services. Without voice there is no choice. Without choice women and girls have little hope of realising their full potential in their public and private lives. Their choices must be supported with access […]

Gabrielle Nina Mitch, Kinshasa, 3 July: For many women who are pregnant during this time of corona virus this journey in their lives has been uncertain. Arlette Mali Mungu Bahati, resident of Kinshasa city, is just a month away from the birth of her second child, but her anxiety has remained constant feature of her […]

#VoiceandChoice Summits 2019 Local Action for a strong 2030 A-gender in Southern Africa!  DRC REPORT  VENUE: AFRICANA PALACE / KINSHASA DATE: 18, 19 July 2019 Executive summary Democratic Republic of Congo – held the 2019 #Voice and Choice Protocol @ Work Summit and Awards at Africana Palace, Kinshasa. The Summit which was hosted by the […]

Kinshasa, 16 July: Gender Links (GL) et l’Alliance pour le protocole de la SADC sur le genre, représentée en RDC par Ucofem, organisent le sommet du Protocole de la SADC sur le genre sous le thème #VoiceandChoice à  Kinshasa. L’objectif principal du Sommet est de permettre aux participants d’apprendre et de partager les bonnes pratiques […]

Name KABUYAYA Surname LEONIE Country DRC Give a short history of the leader L’instabilité politique et sécuritaire dans la Province du Nord-Kivu et particulièrement en Ville de Butembo n’a pas epargne la femme. Ce qui m’a plus pousse a m’engager dans la lutte contre les violations de droits de la femme c’est plus cette histoire […]

Name KILEMBE Surname AIMEE Country DRC Give a short history of the leader Vu ma manière de défendre la cause des femmes et mes compétences sur le plan administratif, la représentante des femmes de notre Ministère avait proposé que je sois le Point Focal Genre. Quelques années après, le Secrétaire Général, convaincu de mes capacités, […]