Tag Archives: People for Peace

People for Peace: Supporting victims of sexual abuse in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

victims of sexual abuse

There is an “urgent need” to support the victims of sexual exploitation and abuse in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) according to a local organization that works on the issue with the UN peacekeeping mission in the country, MONUSCO.

People for Peace: Breaking prison barriers in Central African Republic

Breaking prison barriers

Women are often “placed second or even ignored” when they are employed as corrections officers in prisons and other detention centers, according to Téné Maimouna Zoungrana, an officer from Burkina Faso serving with the UN Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA).